US Name Trends

Juan

The Spanish form of John, Hebrew for “Yahweh is gracious.”

2005peak year
No. 46best rank (1999)
368,366babies since 1880
No. 159rank in 2025

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Juan per year — peak 8,231▬ girls ▬ boys18801900192019401960198020002020

Juan appears in the national records from the very first year, 1880. It has ranked among the top 100 names for American boys in every year from 1970 to 2014. Its biggest year was 2005, when 8,231 newborn boys received the name, ranking it No. 55 nationally. Its best ranking came in 1999, at No. 46. In 2025 it ranked No. 159 for boys. All told, 368,366 Americans have been given the name since 1880.

Related names

Other spellings on record: Juwan (3,790) (total births since 1880)

Other names that share a story: John, Juanita

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By the decade

DecadeBirthsBest rank
1880s526No. 194
1890s538No. 216
1900s912No. 179
1910s3,113No. 183
1920s7,039No. 164
1930s6,614No. 164
1940s10,557No. 145
1950s18,771No. 133
1960s23,457No. 104
1970s43,404No. 58
1980s51,447No. 59
1990s70,919No. 46
2000s75,854No. 48
2010s37,427No. 76
2020s15,028No. 137

Births and rank shown for boys, the sex more often given the name. The Social Security Administration omits name–year combinations with fewer than five births.

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Data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby-name file, 1880–2025.