Juana
Masculine · “God is gracious”
Juana is given to girls far more often — 18,793 girls against 88 boys since 1880. See Juana as a girl name
Juana entered the US charts in 1920, peaked at #3489 in 1920, is rarely given in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.
How old is the name Juana?
Juana first appears in US birth records in 1920 — 105 years ago. The typical Juana alive today was born around 1988, making them about 37 years old. Fewer than a hundred people named Juana are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
When was the name Juana most popular?
Juana peaked in 1920, reaching #3489 nationally. See the whole 1920 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Yohanan to Juana
The story of Juana
The name begins as Hebrew Yohanan, which the Greek translators and writers of the ancient world rendered Ioannes, and Latin took up as Iohannes. Christianity carried it everywhere, and each language grew a feminine form beside the masculine: Latin Iohanna, French Jeanne, Italian Giovanna, Spanish Juana. It was borne by Juana I of Castile, queen in the early sixteenth century, and later by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz in colonial Mexico. Spanish speakers brought it to the Americas, and it has been on record in the United States for as long as such records have existed.
Meaning
God is gracious
The root is the Hebrew name Yohanan, built from the divine name and a verb of favor or grace. Juana is its feminine Spanish descendant.
How the name formed
- Yohanan
- Iohannes
- Iohanna
- Joana
- Juana
Related forms: Joana · Jeanne · Giovanna · Joan · Johanna · Joana
Pronouncing Juana
HWAH-nah
In Spanish the J is a soft breath, close to an English H, and the name has two syllables with the stress on the first. English speakers who do not know the spelling convention sometimes try JOO-ah-nah or WAH-nah.
Nicknames for Juana
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1920
- Most boys named
- 19899 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3489reached in 1920
- Change vs 1993
- −37.5%5 in 2004, from 8
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Juana in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Joana in Portuguese — same name
- Jeanne in French — same name
- Giovanna in Italian — same name
- Joan in English — same name
- Johanna in German — same name
- Joana in Catalan — same name
Juanas among us
Fewer than a hundred people named Juana are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
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Fashion outlook
Juana sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
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Frequently asked
- How many Juanas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. Fewer than a hundred people named Juana are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
- How popular is the name Juana in 2025?
- Juana is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Juana with classmates?
- Juana will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More J names
The most-given names starting with J, all years combined.
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