Juan

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477 · #159 for boys in 2025, 2,318 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1999 · 7,800 births
Debut · boys
39 births
In top 100 · boys
45 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
365,606
since 1880

Juan over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201979peak #46, 1999boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1592,318
2024#13,4776#1372,609
2023#1402,539
2022#15,3065#1412,679
2021#1642,360
2020#13,4536#1452,523
2019#9,11211#1382,704
2018#1392,844
2017#1372,997
2016#1223,349
2015#13,0067#1143,525
2014#11,9318#1003,903
2013#14,5826#1003,892
2012#14,9626#924,284
2011#14,8246#894,684
2010#765,245
2009#7,34117#676,283
2008#8,10915#667,034
2007#7,09218#637,422
2006#7,48216#617,940
2005#4,95826#558,231
2004#3,98935#548,134
2003#5,79520#557,831
2002#4,62126#547,820
2001#5,82219#537,447
2000#3,66435#487,712
1999#3,37437#467,800
1998#4,79622#527,361
1997#4,81921#547,115
1996#3,42933#527,010
1995#3,35733#506,982
1994#2,70145#517,208
1993#2,45151#556,901
1992#2,35155#566,956
1991#2,42052#606,843
1990#2,15360#616,743
1989#2,71441#635,781
1988#2,33047#685,171
1987#2,43442#664,976
1986#2,17048#655,076
1985#1,76064#654,851
1984#2,14946#644,644
1983#1,58570#624,894
1982#1,92255#615,121
1981#2,06150#605,499
1980#1,65769#595,434
1979#1,64568#614,946
1978#2,09245#624,837
1977#1,62165#634,562
1976#1,60262#585,053
1975#1,52766#604,695
1974#1,91345#644,428
1973#1,73251#674,087
1972#1,67453#733,672
1971#2,54229#813,648
1970#2,93823#953,476
1969#2,58526#1043,024
1968#2,20530#1122,622
1967#2,37626#1212,474
1966#2,75220#1292,383
1965#2,46424#1402,199
1964#2,30628#1482,227
1963#2,21129#1472,250
1962#2,41425#1532,150
1961#2,19729#1602,052
1960#2,09730#1602,076
1959#2,05430#1641,920
1958#2,07329#1621,939
1957#2,56320#1651,902
1956#2,24924#1691,756
1955#3,09514#1611,771
1954#2,07626#1531,870
1953#2,17323#1491,894
1952#2,12623#1501,856
1951#1,80529#1441,838
1950#2,00223#1332,025
1949#1,96724#1451,834
1948#2,82813#1641,475
1947#1,72231#1721,314
1946#2,15319#1721,128
1945#2,06017#1661,013
1944#2,40114#179902
1943#2,07918#192835
1942#2,21416#209718
1941#1,81020#206661
1940#1,96517#196677
1939#2,20614#199625
1938#2,11315#201639
1937#1,63022#209573
1936#2,38612#207579
1935#2,00616#200628
1934#3,1598#196636
1933#1,97016#191629
1932#1,56824#195654
1931#1,80319#180744
1930#1,74821#164907
1929#1,76621#164875
1928#1,78422#170858
1927#2,69912#191759
1926#2,35115#210648
1925#2,11918#194718
1924#2,21217#190740
1923#3,9717#205645
1922#3,15210#212620
1921#5,0995#234571
1920#3,3409#213605
1919#3,8177#230524
1918#253436
1917#4,0836#251407
1916#3,9196#277338
1915#4,2745#259348
1914#247299
1913#240243
1912#238217
1911#202151
1910#183150
1909#183123
1908#200101
1907#179121
1906#20088
1905#19093
1904#20281
1903#20675
1902#21768
1901#18778
1900#21584
1899#21660
1898#23953
1897#23853
1896#22463
1895#22361
1894#24050
1893#24151
1892#23955
1891#24542
1890#23650
1889#20861
1888#23456
1887#20357
1886#19469
1885#22054
1884#22156
1883#21550
1882#27339
1881#22445
1880#27039
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Juan was already there! It came in at #270, and was given to 39 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1885, when fewer than 57 boys a year got the name.

See more about Juan
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 22 spots since 2024 (#137#159)
  • 14 spots since 2020 (#145#159)
  • 45 spots since 2015 (#114#159)
  • Biggest jump: 58 spots in 1883 (#273#215)
  • Biggest drop: 49 spots in 1882 (#224#273)
Rise & fade · boys
119 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1999 at #46 (7,800 births)
  • Births halved by 2013, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 45 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 45 yrs · run 1970–2014
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 243
  • Highest: 1 in 243 boys born in 2005 were named Juan (0.41%)
  • Latest: 1 in 737 boys born in 2025 (0.14%)
  • Its best rank, #46 in 1999, was only 1 in 246 (0.41%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 20.7% of all boys named Juan (75,854) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s526#194 (1886)#226
1890s538#216 (1899)#234
1900s912#179 (1907)#198
1910s3,113#183 (1910)#238
1920s7,039#164 (1929)#198
1930s6,614#164 (1930)#194
1940s10,557#145 (1949)#180
1950s18,771#133 (1950)#155
1960s23,457#104 (1969)#137
1970s43,404#58 (1976)#68
1980s51,447#59 (1980)#63
1990s70,919#46 (1999)#54
2000s75,854#48 (2000)#58
2010s37,427#76 (2010)#111
2020s15,028#137 (2024)#148

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Juan in 1979

girls
#1,645
68 births · 1 in 23,607 girls
boys
#61
4,946 births · 1 in 348 boys

Top girls' names in 1979

  1. #1Jennifer56,712
  2. #2Melissa34,050
  3. #3Amanda31,924
  4. #4Jessica27,780
  5. #5Amy21,609
  6. #6Sarah21,015
  7. #7Heather20,834
  8. #8Angela20,256
  9. #9Nicole19,510
  10. #10Michelle19,266
  11. #1,645Juan68

Top boys' names in 1979

  1. #1Michael67,713
  2. #2Christopher50,659
  3. #3Jason50,369
  4. #4David42,053
  5. #5James39,351
  6. #6Matthew35,621
  7. #7John35,410
  8. #8Robert34,015
  9. #9Joshua31,120
  10. #10Brian28,659
  11. #61Juan4,946
More about 1979

girls

1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 23,607 of them was named Juan, which outranked 86.3% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Juan
  1. #1,623Shoshana69
  2. #1,623Velvet69
  3. #1,623Yahaira69
  4. #1,645Juan68
  5. #1,645Alethea68
  6. #1,645Aubree68
  7. #1,645Cassondra68
  8. #1,661Autum67
  9. #1,661Billy67
  10. #1,661Collette67

Tied with 15 names at #1,645; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. 1,593Breanne#2,125#532
  2. 1,527Loni#2,516#989
  3. 1,287Renata#2,012#725
  4. 985Ashanti#1,862#877
  5. 896Nicolette#1,581#685
Fallers
  1. 392Christel#762#1,154
  2. 312Kenisha#557#869
  3. 297Ariane#887#1,184
  4. 285Imelda#947#1,232
  5. 252Farrah#539#791

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 348 of them was named Juan, which outranked 99.1% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Juan
  1. #58Douglas5,167
  2. #59Gary5,038
  3. #60Todd4,984
  4. #61Juan4,946
  5. #62Dustin4,899
  6. #63Corey4,738
  7. #64Shaun4,736
Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. 1,228Tyrel#2,134#906
  2. 471Jace#1,186#715
  3. 387Chaz#1,371#984
  4. 311Tyrell#1,051#740
  5. 308Frederic#1,203#895
Fallers
  1. 1,230Dequan#927#2,157
  2. 641Rahsaan#869#1,510
  3. 446Chip#989#1,435
  4. 308Rashaun#996#1,304
  5. 307Kenya#749#1,056

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1979