Juana
Juana is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 221 births. Its best rank was 485th, in 1928.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 2210.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 1994265 births
- Best rank
- #485in 1928
- Since 1880
- 18,605people given the name
The story in the numbers
18,605 girls have been named Juana in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1994, with 265 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1974, and the 1990s alone account for 13%. It has spent 119 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Juana | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 92 | |
| 1890s | 153 | |
| 1900s | 358 | |
| 1910s | 846 | |
| 1920s | 1,786 | |
| 1930s | 1,057 | |
| 1940s | 1,063 | |
| 1950s | 1,525 | |
| 1960s | 1,490 | |
| 1970s | 1,965 | |
| 1980s | 1,846 | |
| 1990s | 2,341 | |
| 2000s | 2,020 | |
| 2010s | 1,167 | |
| 2020s | 896 |
In 1994, its biggest year
Juana was the 773rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1994 were Jessica, Ashley, Emily, Samantha and Sarah. See all of 1994.
Names that rose and fell with Juana
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Antoniapeak 1996
- Celestinapeak 1998
- Candelariapeak 1929
- Corinnepeak 1978
- Franciscapeak 1928
- Josefinapeak 1930
- Martinapeak 1964
- Katherynpeak 1990
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.