Juanpablo
Masculine · “John Paul”
Juanpablo is one name written where Spanish would usually write two — the compound Juan Pablo closed up. Spanish naming has long favored double first names, and this is among the most-used pairings in the language.
How old is the name Juanpablo?
Juanpablo first appears in US birth records in 1977 — 48 years ago. The typical Juanpablo alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 2,000 people named Juanpablo are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Juanpablo most popular?
Juanpablo peaked in 2005, reaching #1182 nationally. Today it ranks #3128, 1,946 places below that high. See the whole 2005 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Yohanan to Juanpablo
The story of Juanpablo
Spanish-speaking families have combined two given names into a single unit for centuries, and Juan Pablo, María José and José Luis are among the most familiar. What is newer is writing them as one word, a habit encouraged by American forms that offer a single box for a first name. The pairing itself stayed in international view through the long papacy of the 1980s and 1990s, and it appears in American records both as two words and, increasingly, as this one.
Meaning
John Paul
Juan is the Spanish form of Hebrew Yohanan, God is gracious; Pablo is the Spanish form of Latin Paulus, small or humble.
How the name formed
- Yohanan
- Iohannes
- Juan
- Juan Pablo
- Juanpablo
Related forms: Juan Pablo · João Paulo · Giovanni Paolo · John Paul
Pronouncing Juanpablo
hwahn-PAH-bloh
Four syllables run together, stress on the PAH. English speakers frequently split it back into two names.
Nicknames for Juanpablo
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
- 1977
- Most boys named
- 2011145 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1182reached in 2005
- Change vs 2024
- −7.3%38 in 2025, from 41
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.
Juanpablo in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Juan Pablo in Spanish — same name
- João Paulo in Portuguese — same name
- Giovanni Paolo in Italian — same name
- John Paul in English — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Juanpablos among us
people named Juanpablo are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 44,949 born in 2025 was named Juanpablo
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 Cardell test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Juanpablo's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Cardell climbed just as high around 1955, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Cardell's path sketches the road Juanpablo is walking now.
Juanpablo 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 Juanpablo is headed
Juanpablo should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium 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.
Juanpablo beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Juanpablo in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Both halves are among the most common men's names in Spanish, so nothing in it needs explaining.
- Juanpa and JP give it a short form in each language.
- Written as one word, it survives American forms that discard a second given name.
- Systems and teachers will split it back into Juan Pablo, or drop Pablo altogether.
- Nine letters and four syllables make it long for early handwriting.
- Outside Spanish-speaking settings the initial J will be read as English, giving JOO-an.
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Frequently asked
- How many Juanpablos are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,000 people named Juanpablo are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Juanpablo in 2025?
- Juanpablo ranks #3128 among US boy names in 2025, with 38 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Juanpablo?
- About 1 in every 44,949 US boys born in 2025 was named Juanpablo — 38 in all.
- Will my child share the name Juanpablo with classmates?
- Juanpablo will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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