Juana
Juana was given to 185 girls in 2025, #1,223 among girls’ names; 18,881 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 13,600 Americans named Juana and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (72% of everyone recorded); the median is 38 years old and half are between 22 and 56.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Juana by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Juana mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Juana is “a female given name from Spanish.” Its etymology gives the sense “God is gracious” (literally).
From Spanish Juana, from Old Spanish Johanna, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Juana?
#1,223 among girls’ names, 2025
Juana rose from #1,916 in 2015 to #1,223 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.06 to 0.12 per 1,000.
265 babies in 1994, the peak
Juana peaked in 1994, when 265 girls were given it, #772 among girls’ names. The 185 births of 2025 are 70% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 185 | #1,223 | 0.12 |
| 2024 | 221 | #1,108 | 0.14 |
| 2023 | 196 | #1,214 | 0.12 |
| 2022 | 175 | #1,346 | 0.11 |
| 2021 | 162 | #1,365 | 0.10 |
| 2020 | 143 | #1,496 | 0.09 |
| 2019 | 140 | #1,545 | 0.08 |
| 2018 | 122 | #1,700 | 0.07 |
| 2017 | 114 | #1,819 | 0.07 |
| 2016 | 119 | #1,748 | 0.07 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 106 | #1,916 | 0.06 |
| 2014 | 104 | #1,931 | 0.06 |
| 2013 | 91 | #2,099 | 0.05 |
| 2012 | 109 | #1,853 | 0.06 |
| 2011 | 118 | #1,742 | 0.07 |
| 2010 | 144 | #1,553 | 0.08 |
| 2009 | 160 | #1,459 | 0.09 |
| 2008 | 191 | #1,304 | 0.10 |
| 2007 | 181 | #1,346 | 0.09 |
| 2006 | 222 | #1,124 | 0.12 |
| 2005 | 245 | #997 | 0.13 |
| 2004 | 191 | #1,175 | 0.10 |
| 2003 | 190 | #1,141 | 0.10 |
| 2002 | 221 | #996 | 0.12 |
| 2001 | 214 | #1,004 | 0.12 |
| 2000 | 206 | #1,021 | 0.11 |
| 1999 | 226 | #931 | 0.13 |
| 1998 | 190 | #1,039 | 0.11 |
| 1997 | 206 | #958 | 0.12 |
| 1996 | 220 | #895 | 0.13 |
| 1995 | 253 | #788 | 0.14 |
| 1994 | 265 | #772 | 0.15 |
| 1993 | 241 | #821 | 0.13 |
| 1992 | 243 | #824 | 0.13 |
| 1991 | 254 | #804 | 0.14 |
| 1990 | 244 | #811 | 0.13 |
| 1989 | 212 | #868 | 0.11 |
| 1988 | 157 | #1,029 | 0.09 |
| 1987 | 175 | #936 | 0.10 |
| 1986 | 191 | #870 | 0.11 |
| 1985 | 138 | #1,068 | 0.08 |
| 1984 | 170 | #884 | 0.10 |
| 1983 | 200 | #790 | 0.12 |
| 1982 | 187 | #838 | 0.11 |
| 1981 | 196 | #814 | 0.12 |
| 1980 | 220 | #752 | 0.13 |
| 1979 | 197 | #802 | 0.12 |
| 1978 | 184 | #812 | 0.12 |
| 1977 | 203 | #754 | 0.13 |
| 1976 | 205 | #715 | 0.14 |
| 1975 | 234 | #651 | 0.16 |
| 1974 | 209 | #702 | 0.14 |
| 1973 | 190 | #737 | 0.13 |
| 1972 | 190 | #735 | 0.12 |
| 1971 | 176 | #798 | 0.11 |
| 1970 | 177 | #791 | 0.10 |
| 1969 | 175 | #767 | 0.10 |
| 1968 | 148 | #838 | 0.09 |
| 1967 | 136 | #873 | 0.08 |
| 1966 | 124 | #908 | 0.07 |
| 1965 | 142 | #835 | 0.08 |
| 1964 | 167 | #810 | 0.09 |
| 1963 | 140 | #891 | 0.07 |
| 1962 | 140 | #895 | 0.07 |
| 1961 | 155 | #850 | 0.08 |
| 1960 | 163 | #816 | 0.08 |
| 1959 | 169 | #784 | 0.08 |
| 1958 | 119 | #947 | 0.06 |
| 1957 | 147 | #838 | 0.07 |
| 1956 | 121 | #916 | 0.06 |
| 1955 | 141 | #815 | 0.07 |
| 1954 | 132 | #818 | 0.07 |
| 1953 | 176 | #680 | 0.09 |
| 1952 | 172 | #680 | 0.09 |
| 1951 | 161 | #692 | 0.09 |
| 1950 | 187 | #614 | 0.11 |
| 1949 | 185 | #604 | 0.11 |
| 1948 | 133 | #732 | 0.08 |
| 1947 | 125 | #768 | 0.07 |
| 1946 | 121 | #742 | 0.08 |
| 1945 | 120 | #679 | 0.09 |
| 1944 | 88 | #812 | 0.07 |
| 1943 | 80 | #874 | 0.06 |
| 1942 | 65 | #978 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 68 | #889 | 0.06 |
| 1940 | 78 | #805 | 0.07 |
| 1939 | 92 | #713 | 0.08 |
| 1938 | 80 | #791 | 0.07 |
| 1937 | 86 | #727 | 0.08 |
| 1936 | 81 | #743 | 0.08 |
| 1935 | 93 | #697 | 0.09 |
| 1934 | 83 | #734 | 0.08 |
| 1933 | 109 | #626 | 0.11 |
| 1932 | 114 | #626 | 0.11 |
| 1931 | 134 | #571 | 0.13 |
| 1930 | 185 | #490 | 0.16 |
| 1929 | 188 | #490 | 0.17 |
| 1928 | 200 | #485 | 0.17 |
| 1927 | 178 | #532 | 0.15 |
| 1926 | 205 | #487 | 0.17 |
| 1925 | 185 | #521 | 0.15 |
| 1924 | 201 | #492 | 0.16 |
| 1923 | 171 | #552 | 0.14 |
| 1922 | 146 | #595 | 0.12 |
| 1921 | 163 | #562 | 0.13 |
| 1920 | 149 | #588 | 0.12 |
| 1919 | 135 | #606 | 0.12 |
| 1918 | 119 | #646 | 0.10 |
| 1917 | 102 | #678 | 0.09 |
| 1916 | 68 | #821 | 0.07 |
| 1915 | 87 | #719 | 0.09 |
| 1914 | 119 | #511 | 0.16 |
| 1913 | 70 | #621 | 0.11 |
| 1912 | 60 | #642 | 0.11 |
| 1911 | 47 | #631 | 0.11 |
| 1910 | 39 | #686 | 0.10 |
| 1909 | 52 | #526 | 0.15 |
| 1908 | 35 | #658 | 0.10 |
| 1907 | 37 | #619 | 0.12 |
| 1906 | 41 | #549 | 0.14 |
| 1905 | 27 | #689 | 0.09 |
| 1904 | 45 | #491 | 0.16 |
| 1903 | 29 | #618 | 0.11 |
| 1902 | 28 | #631 | 0.11 |
| 1901 | 30 | #568 | 0.13 |
| 1900 | 34 | #607 | 0.11 |
| 1899 | 15 | #860 | 0.06 |
| 1898 | 17 | #831 | 0.07 |
| 1897 | 15 | #842 | 0.06 |
| 1896 | 12 | #976 | 0.05 |
| 1895 | 24 | #633 | 0.10 |
| 1894 | 18 | #710 | 0.08 |
| 1893 | 14 | #811 | 0.07 |
| 1892 | 14 | #815 | 0.07 |
| 1891 | 10 | #918 | 0.05 |
| 1890 | 14 | #745 | 0.07 |
| 1889 | 11 | #825 | 0.06 |
| 1888 | 11 | #817 | 0.06 |
| 1887 | 8 | #901 | 0.05 |
| 1886 | 12 | #679 | 0.08 |
| 1885 | 11 | #678 | 0.08 |
| 1884 | 10 | #705 | 0.08 |
| 1883 | 9 | #671 | 0.08 |
| 1882 | 7 | #774 | 0.06 |
| 1881 | 8 | #651 | 0.09 |
| 1880 | 5 | #881 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Juana a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Juana has been given almost only to girls: 88 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Juana: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Juana, and how old are they?
13,600 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 72% of the 18,881 Americans ever recorded as Juana. The median Juana alive today is 38 years old; half are between 22 and 56.
The 2020 Census counted 88,951 people named Juana (88,534 women and girls, 417 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 13,298 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6.7 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 | 487 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,210 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,730 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 3,300 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,990 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,870 |
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 Juana born?
The states with the most babies named Juana are Florida, California and Texas, with 44% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 27 | #637 | 1.2× |
| California | 19 | #1,293 | 2.2× |
| Texas | 18 | #1,379 | 4.5× |
| Tennessee | 16 | #488 | 0.4× |
| Alabama | 12 | #409 | 0.7× |
| Georgia | 10 | #947 | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 8 | #1,079 | 0.1× |
| Kansas | 6 | #541 | 0.2× |
| Virginia | 6 | #1,108 | 0.1× |
| New York | 5 | #2,241 | 0.5× |
Where Juana is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Juana is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 4.5 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 girls’ 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 Juana 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 7 names spelled alike, given to 233,269 babies since 1880, Juana is the second most given (8.1% of them). In 2025 it was given to 185 of their 2,699 babies (6.9%), the third most given that year.
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 Juana
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 Juana and names like it
- Compare Juana and JuneBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sJuana peaked in 1994.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Juana since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Juana: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1994The year the most babies were named Juana.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Juana alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with JMost given first.