Juancarlos
Masculine · “God is gracious”
Juan Carlos runs two names together — John and Charles — and the Spanish king of that name gave up power he had inherited.
How old is the name Juancarlos?
Juancarlos first appears in US birth records in 1963 — 62 years ago. The typical Juancarlos alive today was born around 2004, making them about 21 years old. About 4,000 people named Juancarlos are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Juancarlos most popular?
Juancarlos peaked in 2004, reaching #1049 nationally. Today it ranks #2676, 1,627 places below that high. See the whole 2004 chart.
Where it comes from
From Yochanan karl to Juancarlos
The story of Juancarlos
Spanish naming pairs names constantly — Juan Carlos, José Luis, María José — and American record-keeping often runs the two together. Juan Carlos I was made king by Franco and then steered Spain to democracy, facing down an attempted coup in 1981. It appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
God is gracious; free man
A compound of Juan, from the Hebrew Yochanan, 'the Lord is gracious', and Carlos, from the Germanic karl, 'free man'. Spanish double names are ordinary and often written as one word in American records. Both elements are documented.
How the name formed
- Yochanan karl
- Juan Carlos
- Juancarlos
Related forms: Juan Carlos · John Charles
Pronouncing Juancarlos
hwahn-KAR-los
Three syllables, stress on the second. Spanish gives every vowel a full value.
Nicknames for Juancarlos
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
- 1963
- Most boys named
- 2004154 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1049reached in 2004
- Change vs 2024
- −7.7%48 in 2025, from 52
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.
Juancarlos in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Juan Carlos in Spanish — spelling variant
- John Charles in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Juancarloss among us
people named Juancarlos are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 35,585 born in 2025 was named Juancarlos
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Robinson test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Juancarlos's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Robinson climbed just as high around 1900, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Robinson's path sketches the road Juancarlos is walking now.
Juancarlos sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Juancarlos is headed
Juancarlos should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
High confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Juancarlos beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Juancarlos in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That the king Franco chose steered Spain to democracy is a first-rate fact.
- Juan and JC are two short forms, both with real records.
- Both elements have transparent settled meanings.
- It is properly two words and is often run together in records.
- Three syllables make it moderately long for everyday use.
- It reads as specifically Spanish-speaking.
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Frequently asked
- How many Juancarloss are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 4,000 people named Juancarlos are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Juancarlos in 2025?
- Juancarlos ranks #2676 among US boy names in 2025, with 48 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Juancarlos?
- About 1 in every 35,585 US boys born in 2025 was named Juancarlos — 48 in all.
- Will my child share the name Juancarlos with classmates?
- Juancarlos will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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