Sanjuan — boys' name
139 babies named Sanjuan in U.S. Social Security records since 1948, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Sanjuan was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Sanjuan in 1974 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sanjuan
The Social Security Administration has registered 139 babies named Sanjuan between 1948 and 2005, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sanjuan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sanjuan performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 50 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Sanjuan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sanjuan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sanjuan 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 139 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.
Sanjuan at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sanjuan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1948
- Peak year (1974)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 58 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
139 total births across 58 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1974 with 11 births in a single year.
Sanjuan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 50 births that decade — 36% of Sanjuan's all-time total
Sanjuan decade highlights
- Peak decade 50 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Sanjuan's strongest decade
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Sanjuan by state
Where Sanjuan concentrates geographically — total births since 1948
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 24 | 17.3% |
24 of 139 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 17.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 17.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1948–2005 (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.