Recorded 1911–2014 Girls' name Peak 1950 2,283 births

Sanjuana — girls' name

2,283 babies named Sanjuana in U.S. Social Security records since 1911, with the highest year being 1950. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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1950s
Peak decade

24% of everyone ever named Sanjuana was born in this single decade.

1950
Single peak year

106 babies were named Sanjuana in 1950 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sanjuana

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,283 babies named Sanjuana between 1911 and 2014, spanning 104 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sanjuana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1950, when 106 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sanjuana performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 541 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Sanjuana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,764 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Sanjuana in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sanjuana 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 2,283 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.

Sanjuana at a glance

Last recorded 2014

Total births

2,283

Since 1911

104 years of records

Peak year

1950

106 births that year

Strongest decade: 1950s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2014

Active since

1911

Recorded for 104 years

Last year on file: 2014

Sanjuana popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1911

Last recorded 2014
Peak year (1950)
106
Annual births at peak — across 104 years of records
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Sanjuana by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1950s
Peak decade
1950s
541 births that decade — 24% of Sanjuana's all-time total
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Sanjuana by state

Where Sanjuana concentrates geographically — total births since 1911

Regionally concentrated
Top 3 states by recorded births for the name Sanjuana
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
1,764 77.3%
#2 California
70 3.1%
#3 Illinois
6 0.3%
Texas share of Sanjuana's total US births 77.3%
Even split

1,764 of 2,283 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sanjuana?
2,283 babies have been named Sanjuana since 1911. It was last recorded in 2014. The peak year was 1950 with 106 births.
When was Sanjuana most popular?
Sanjuana was most popular in the 1950s decade with 541 total births. The single peak year was 1950.
Where is Sanjuana most popular?
The top states for the name Sanjuana are Texas (1,764 births), California (70 births), Illinois (6 births).
How long has the name Sanjuana been used?
Sanjuana has been recorded in Social Security data since 1911, spanning 104 years of data through 2014.
What names are similar to Sanjuana?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Sandra, Sandy, Sandi, Saniyah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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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, 1911–2014 (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.