Juanita — #2573 US girls' name
207,621 babies named Juanita in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 85% of names given to girls today.
23% of everyone ever named Juanita was born in this single decade.
5,404 babies were named Juanita in 1924 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Juanita
The Social Security Administration has registered 207,621 babies named Juanita between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Juanita currently holds the #2573 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 5,404 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Juanita performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 48,547 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Juanita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 30,160 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Juanita in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Juanita in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 207,621 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Juanita at a glance
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Current rank
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Juanita popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1924)
- 5,404
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #2573 among girls.
207,621 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1924 with 5,404 births in a single year.
Juanita popularity over time — boys
991 total births recorded since 1910 (Juanita as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Juanita accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Juanita by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 48,547 births that decade — 23% of Juanita's all-time total
Juanita decade highlights
- Peak decade 48,547 births
- Runner-up 35,915 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Juanita's strongest decade
48,547 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Juanita by state
Where Juanita concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 30,160 | 14.5% |
| #2 | California | | 11,828 | 5.7% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 9,331 | 4.5% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 8,946 | 4.3% |
| #5 | Kentucky | | 8,190 | 3.9% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 8,096 | 3.9% |
| #7 | Oklahoma | | 7,848 | 3.8% |
| #8 | Alabama | | 7,122 | 3.4% |
30,160 of 207,621 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 14.5% of nationwide
- California 5.7% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.5% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.3% of nationwide
- Kentucky 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 14.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Juanita appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.