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Boys' name · peaked in 2005

Juan name popularity since 1925

360,024 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Juan (0.7% girls, 99.3% boys). Half of them were born in 1992 or earlier, so the typical Juan is about 34 years old in 2026. Juan peaked in 2005 as the #55 name for boys, and it ranked #159 in 2025.

US babies since 1925
360,024
Named Juan, 1925–2025
Peak year
2005
#55 for boys that year
Typical age
About 34
Median birth year 1992
In 2025
#159
for boys in 2025 (2,318 babies)
Girls / boys
99.3% boys
2,688 girls · 357,336 boys
Most popular in
Texas
4.09× its national share

Peak year is the year Juan made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Juan births per year, 1925–2025

Babies named Juan per year, 1925–2025

2005 was the biggest year for Juan both by count and as a share of all babies.

  • Fastest rise: Between 1968 and 1973, Juan became 1.7× more common, from 1 in 663 baby boys to 1 in 381.
  • Steepest fall: Between 2008 and 2013, its share of baby boys fell by 40%, from 1 in 290 to 1 in 486.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Juan's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Juan.

Decade by decade

Babies named Juan in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade GirlsBoys Rank
1925–29 883,858 –
1930s 1676,614 #200
1940s 18910,557 #166
1950s 24118,771 #161
1960s 26723,457 #140
1970s 50743,404 #60
1980s 53251,447 #65
1990s 40970,919 #50
2000s 22775,854 #55
2010s 4437,427 #114
2020–25 1715,028 #159

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

31.3% of babies named Juan from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:

Juan by generation Greatest Generation born 1925–27 0.6% Silent Generation born 1928–45 3.7% Baby Boomers born 1946–64 9.9% Gen X born 1965–80 17.3% Millennials born 1981–96 26.5% Gen Z born 1997–2012 31.3% Gen Alpha born 2013–25 10.6%

Where Juan is most popular

The index compares Juan's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Juan.

StateIndexBabies
Texas4.09×115,552
New Mexico2.76×5,488
California2.52×95,965
Arizona2.45×11,426
Nevada1.85×2,373

Names with a similar story

Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Juan's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Juan.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Juan (2005).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data