Girls' name · peaked in 1928
Juana name popularity since 1925
16,595 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Juana. Half of them were born in 1980 or earlier, so the typical Juana is about 46 years old in 2026. Juana peaked in 1928 as the #485 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 16,595
- Named Juana, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1928
- #485 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,223 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.5% girls
- 16,514 girls · 81 boys
- Most popular in
- Texas
- 5.06× its national share
Peak year is the year Juana made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Juana births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1994. Measured as a share of all babies, Juana peaked in 1928.
- Steepest fall: Between 2006 and 2011, Juana's share of baby girls fell by 43%, from 1 in 8,560 to 1 in 14,900.
- Fastest rise: Between 2018 and 2023, it became 1.7× more common, from 1 in 13,900 baby girls to 1 in 8,190.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Juana's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Juana.
Decade by decade
Babies named Juana in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 956 | 5 | – |
| 1930s | 1,057 | 0 | #697 |
| 1940s | 1,063 | 0 | #679 |
| 1950s | 1,525 | 0 | #816 |
| 1960s | 1,490 | 6 | #835 |
| 1970s | 1,965 | 18 | #651 |
| 1980s | 1,846 | 21 | #1,068 |
| 1990s | 2,342 | 26 | #789 |
| 2000s | 2,021 | 5 | #997 |
| 2010s | 1,167 | 0 | #1,916 |
| 2020–25 | 1,082 | 0 | #1,223 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
20.4% of babies named Juana from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Juana is most popular
The index compares Juana'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 Juana.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 5.06× | 5,236 |
| California | 2.74× | 3,826 |
| Florida | 1.56× | 741 |
| Illinois | 0.93× | 595 |
| New York | 0.70× | 697 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Juana's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Juana.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Juana (1928).
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