Girls' name · since 1880
Juana
Juana has 18,793 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,107 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,223 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 18,793
- born since 1880
- 1990s
- peak decade
18,793 babies have been named Juana since 1880, making it today's #1223 girls' name.
Juana has 18,793 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1223 as of the latest data, more common than 93% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #1,107 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,223 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 18,793 born since 1880
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Juana ranks #1,107 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,223 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 18,793 born since 1880, peaking in the 1990s.
- #1,107 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,223 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 18,793
- born since 1880
- 1990s
- peak decade
Juana's 18,793 recorded births place it above 98.46% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
35 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Juana compares
18,793 Top 7% higher than 93% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Juana's all-time total is 50x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Juana | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 18,793 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 265 | 21 | 19,840 |
Juana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Juana splits its recorded history at 1953: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1880 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1994 peak of 265 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Juana popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1994)
- 265
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Juana popularity over time - boys
88 total births recorded since 1920 (Juana as boys' name)
Juana by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (2,342 births, 12% of the file).
1990s was Juana's strongest decade.
2,342 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 12% of all-time use.
Juana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 92
1880s
92 births
- 1890s 153
1890s
153 births
- 1900s 358
1900s
358 births
- 1910s 846
1910s
846 births
- 1920s
1920s
1,786 births
- 1930s
1930s
1,057 births
- 1940s
1940s
1,063 births
- 1950s
1950s
1,525 births
- 1960s
1960s
1,490 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,965 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,846 births
- 1990s
1990s
2,342 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,021 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,167 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,082 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 2,342 births (12% of all-time use).
How Juana compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Juana's total volume
Juana by state
Where Juana concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6,264 | 33.3% |
| #2 | California | | 3,994 | 21.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 741 | 3.9% |
| #4 | New York | | 697 | 3.7% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 595 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 407 | 2.2% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 298 | 1.6% |
| #8 | Alabama | | 257 | 1.4% |
6,264 of 18,793 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 35 reporting states.
Juana appears in 35 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Juana's data
- Juana's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (2,342 total births) through the 2020s (1,082) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Juanas (6,264 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Juana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Juana draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.