Juan
Juan was given to 2,318 boys in 2025, #159 among boys’ names; 368,366 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 322,000 Americans named Juan and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (87% of everyone recorded); the median is 31 years old and half are between 20 and 46.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Juan by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Juan mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Juan is “a male given name from Manx or Spanish, equivalent to English John.”
/ʍɑːn/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Juan?
#159 among boys’ names, 2025
Juan fell from #114 in 2015 to #159 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 1.8 to 1.4 per 1,000.
8,257 babies in 2005, the peak
Juan peaked in 2005, when 8,257 babies were given it (8,231 boys, #55 among boys’ names). The 2,318 births of 2025 are 28% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,318 | #159 | 1.4 |
| 2024 | 2,609 | #137 | 1.5 |
| 2023 | 2,539 | #140 | 1.5 |
| 2022 | 2,679 | #141 | 1.5 |
| 2021 | 2,360 | #164 | 1.3 |
| 2020 | 2,523 | #145 | 1.5 |
| 2019 | 2,704 | #138 | 1.5 |
| 2018 | 2,844 | #139 | 1.6 |
| 2017 | 2,997 | #137 | 1.6 |
| 2016 | 3,349 | #122 | 1.8 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3,525 | #114 | 1.8 |
| 2014 | 3,903 | #100 | 2.0 |
| 2013 | 3,892 | #100 | 2.1 |
| 2012 | 4,284 | #92 | 2.3 |
| 2011 | 4,684 | #89 | 2.5 |
| 2010 | 5,245 | #76 | 2.7 |
| 2009 | 6,283 | #67 | 3.2 |
| 2008 | 7,034 | #66 | 3.4 |
| 2007 | 7,422 | #63 | 3.6 |
| 2006 | 7,940 | #61 | 3.9 |
| 2005 | 8,231 | #55 | 4.1 |
| 2004 | 8,134 | #54 | 4.1 |
| 2003 | 7,831 | #55 | 4.0 |
| 2002 | 7,820 | #54 | 4.0 |
| 2001 | 7,447 | #53 | 3.8 |
| 2000 | 7,712 | #48 | 3.9 |
| 1999 | 7,800 | #46 | 4.1 |
| 1998 | 7,361 | #52 | 3.9 |
| 1997 | 7,115 | #54 | 3.8 |
| 1996 | 7,010 | #52 | 3.7 |
| 1995 | 6,982 | #50 | 3.7 |
| 1994 | 7,208 | #51 | 3.7 |
| 1993 | 6,901 | #55 | 3.5 |
| 1992 | 6,956 | #56 | 3.5 |
| 1991 | 6,843 | #60 | 3.4 |
| 1990 | 6,743 | #61 | 3.3 |
| 1989 | 5,781 | #63 | 2.9 |
| 1988 | 5,171 | #68 | 2.7 |
| 1987 | 4,976 | #66 | 2.7 |
| 1986 | 5,076 | #65 | 2.8 |
| 1985 | 4,851 | #65 | 2.6 |
| 1984 | 4,644 | #64 | 2.6 |
| 1983 | 4,894 | #62 | 2.7 |
| 1982 | 5,121 | #61 | 2.8 |
| 1981 | 5,499 | #60 | 3.1 |
| 1980 | 5,434 | #59 | 3.0 |
| 1979 | 4,946 | #61 | 2.9 |
| 1978 | 4,837 | #62 | 2.9 |
| 1977 | 4,562 | #63 | 2.8 |
| 1976 | 5,053 | #58 | 3.2 |
| 1975 | 4,695 | #60 | 3.0 |
| 1974 | 4,428 | #64 | 2.8 |
| 1973 | 4,087 | #67 | 2.6 |
| 1972 | 3,672 | #73 | 2.3 |
| 1971 | 3,648 | #81 | 2.1 |
| 1970 | 3,476 | #95 | 1.9 |
| 1969 | 3,024 | #104 | 1.7 |
| 1968 | 2,622 | #112 | 1.5 |
| 1967 | 2,474 | #121 | 1.4 |
| 1966 | 2,383 | #129 | 1.3 |
| 1965 | 2,199 | #140 | 1.2 |
| 1964 | 2,227 | #148 | 1.1 |
| 1963 | 2,250 | #147 | 1.1 |
| 1962 | 2,150 | #153 | 1.0 |
| 1961 | 2,052 | #160 | 1.0 |
| 1960 | 2,076 | #160 | 1.0 |
| 1959 | 1,920 | #164 | 0.90 |
| 1958 | 1,939 | #162 | 0.91 |
| 1957 | 1,902 | #165 | 0.88 |
| 1956 | 1,756 | #169 | 0.83 |
| 1955 | 1,771 | #161 | 0.86 |
| 1954 | 1,870 | #153 | 0.92 |
| 1953 | 1,894 | #149 | 1.0 |
| 1952 | 1,856 | #150 | 1.0 |
| 1951 | 1,838 | #144 | 1.0 |
| 1950 | 2,025 | #133 | 1.1 |
| 1949 | 1,834 | #145 | 1.0 |
| 1948 | 1,475 | #164 | 0.84 |
| 1947 | 1,314 | #172 | 0.72 |
| 1946 | 1,128 | #172 | 0.69 |
| 1945 | 1,013 | #166 | 0.75 |
| 1944 | 902 | #179 | 0.66 |
| 1943 | 835 | #193 | 0.59 |
| 1942 | 718 | #209 | 0.52 |
| 1941 | 661 | #206 | 0.54 |
| 1940 | 677 | #196 | 0.58 |
| 1939 | 625 | #199 | 0.56 |
| 1938 | 639 | #201 | 0.58 |
| 1937 | 573 | #209 | 0.54 |
| 1936 | 579 | #207 | 0.56 |
| 1935 | 628 | #200 | 0.60 |
| 1934 | 636 | #196 | 0.62 |
| 1933 | 629 | #191 | 0.63 |
| 1932 | 654 | #195 | 0.63 |
| 1931 | 744 | #180 | 0.72 |
| 1930 | 907 | #164 | 0.83 |
| 1929 | 875 | #164 | 0.81 |
| 1928 | 858 | #170 | 0.77 |
| 1927 | 759 | #192 | 0.67 |
| 1926 | 648 | #210 | 0.58 |
| 1925 | 718 | #194 | 0.64 |
| 1924 | 740 | #190 | 0.65 |
| 1923 | 645 | #205 | 0.59 |
| 1922 | 620 | #212 | 0.57 |
| 1921 | 571 | #234 | 0.52 |
| 1920 | 605 | #213 | 0.57 |
| 1919 | 524 | #230 | 0.53 |
| 1918 | 436 | #253 | 0.43 |
| 1917 | 407 | #251 | 0.44 |
| 1916 | 338 | #277 | 0.38 |
| 1915 | 348 | #260 | 0.41 |
| 1914 | 299 | #247 | 0.46 |
| 1913 | 243 | #241 | 0.47 |
| 1912 | 217 | #240 | 0.50 |
| 1911 | 151 | #202 | 0.67 |
| 1910 | 150 | #183 | 0.77 |
| 1909 | 123 | #183 | 0.75 |
| 1908 | 101 | #201 | 0.65 |
| 1907 | 121 | #179 | 0.82 |
| 1906 | 88 | #201 | 0.66 |
| 1905 | 93 | #192 | 0.70 |
| 1904 | 81 | #203 | 0.63 |
| 1903 | 75 | #207 | 0.63 |
| 1902 | 68 | #218 | 0.55 |
| 1901 | 78 | #188 | 0.73 |
| 1900 | 84 | #215 | 0.56 |
| 1899 | 60 | #217 | 0.56 |
| 1898 | 53 | #240 | 0.43 |
| 1897 | 53 | #239 | 0.47 |
| 1896 | 63 | #225 | 0.53 |
| 1895 | 61 | #225 | 0.52 |
| 1894 | 50 | #246 | 0.43 |
| 1893 | 51 | #244 | 0.45 |
| 1892 | 55 | #239 | 0.45 |
| 1891 | 42 | #247 | 0.42 |
| 1890 | 50 | #236 | 0.45 |
| 1889 | 61 | #210 | 0.55 |
| 1888 | 56 | #235 | 0.46 |
| 1887 | 57 | #203 | 0.56 |
| 1886 | 69 | #196 | 0.62 |
| 1885 | 54 | #222 | 0.50 |
| 1884 | 56 | #222 | 0.49 |
| 1883 | 50 | #220 | 0.48 |
| 1882 | 39 | #275 | 0.34 |
| 1881 | 45 | #226 | 0.45 |
| 1880 | 39 | #272 | 0.35 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Juan a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Juan has been given almost only to boys: 2,760 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Juan: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Juan, and how old are they?
322,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 87% of the 368,366 Americans ever recorded as Juan. The median Juan alive today is 31 years old; half are between 20 and 46.
The 2020 Census counted 655,696 people named Juan (4,217 women and girls, 651,479 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 316,661 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.1 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 2,700 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 24,100 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 55,500 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 90,800 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 111,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 38,000 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Juan born?
The states with the most babies named Juan are Texas, California and Florida, with 52% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 601 | #54 | 3.9× |
| California | 436 | #89 | 2.2× |
| Florida | 159 | #136 | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 90 | #126 | 0.9× |
| Georgia | 81 | #152 | 0.5× |
| Tennessee | 76 | #125 | 0.3× |
| Arizona | 73 | #116 | 1.9× |
| New York | 60 | #309 | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 55 | #229 | 0.4× |
| Colorado | 49 | #147 | 0.9× |
Where Juan is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Juan is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 3.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Juan with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 370,430 babies since 1880, Juan is the most given (99% of them). In 2025 it was given to 2,318 of their 2,364 babies (98%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Juan
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Juan and names like it
- Compare Juan and JunBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sJuan peaked in 2005.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Juan since 1910.
- The top names of 2005The year the most babies were named Juan.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Juan alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with JMost given first.