Juanita

#2,778 for girls in 2025, 61 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #7,178
Given to girls 99.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
1924 · 5,404 births
Debut · girls
23 births
In top 100 · girls
32 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
207,684
since 1880

Juanita over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #48, 1924girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,77861
2024#2,58568
2023#2,28880
2022#2,57968
2021#2,67464
2020#2,34175
2019#2,30578
2018#2,55768
2017#2,23684
2016#2,44675
2015#2,06095
2014#2,26782
2013#1,939102
2012#2,31581
2011#1,98299
2010#1,818112
2009#1,785121
2008#1,437164
2007#1,340181
2006#1,398162
2005#1,281174
2004#1,114205
2003#1,132193
2002#995221
2001#888258
2000#835268
1999#788278
1998#729299
1997#686315
1996#689315
1995#672317
1994#604372
1993#576412
1992#542434
1991#536436
1990#534446#7,1786
1989#478496
1988#454493#6,4266
1987#426524#6,9515
1986#394583
1985#380598
1984#354650#3,92510
1983#337684
1982#286849
1981#281874#6,2625
1980#304810#5,5256
1979#271893#4,4038
1978#267866
1977#275863#4,5827
1976#273845#4,4187
1975#260936#4,7976
1974#2461,040#4,6346
1973#2451,037#5,1015
1972#2411,135#4,4416
1971#2301,302#3,9637
1970#2471,261#3,8367
1969#2431,220#3,3148
1968#2201,357#3,6736
1967#2111,445#2,13914
1966#2041,533#3,2497
1965#1971,666#2,9828
1964#2031,806#3,2827
1963#1951,915#3,0448
1962#1931,943#3,0418
1961#1901,988#2,70610
1960#1842,095#2,68510
1959#1762,197#3,0378
1958#1742,161#2,8189
1957#1562,404#2,8229
1956#1522,468
1955#1452,502#2,55810
1954#1442,552#2,9428
1953#1332,708#2,7099
1952#1252,847#2,07314
1951#1262,789#2,6629
1950#1153,028#2,43810
1949#1073,148#2,8028
1948#1073,207#3,6685
1947#1103,112#2,25112
1946#1102,985#2,40310
1945#1082,654#1,92613
1944#942,960#2,19511
1943#913,085#1,46123
1942#903,074#1,58520
1941#843,044#1,30026
1940#783,174#1,20831
1939#773,212#1,35924
1938#803,129#1,19930
1937#753,179#1,31326
1936#753,183#1,38423
1935#723,344#1,45322
1934#643,662#1,13334
1933#633,551#1,40523
1932#584,012#1,38725
1931#574,131#1,06540
1930#574,512#1,11639
1929#604,412#1,56422
1928#584,734#1,12539
1927#555,076#1,79619
1926#524,981#1,78719
1925#495,232#1,67921
1924#485,404#1,57724
1923#515,048#1,94117
1922#574,643#2,14315
1921#574,779#2,80410
1920#614,238#2,05216
1919#733,636#2,51111
1918#853,260#2,39812
1917#872,929#2,56210
1916#902,644#2,7309
1915#922,398#2,8298
1914#941,792#2,9156
1913#951,443#2,2737
1912#1031,182#2,0457
1911#107862
1910#115732#1,5895
1909#109668
1908#118572
1907#148443
1906#153388
1905#157360
1904#158344
1903#164304
1902#191234
1901#174251
1900#189273
1899#199192
1898#218176
1897#209175
1896#216165
1895#220154
1894#260111
1893#254108
1892#224133
1891#25889
1890#26589
1889#29467
1888#26277
1887#27061
1886#28552
1885#27551
1884#30241
1883#37524
1882#35225
1881#31725
1880#33323
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Juanita was already there! It came in at #333, and was given to 23 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 26 girls a year got the name.

See more about Juanita
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 193 spots since 2024 (#2,585#2,778)
  • 437 spots since 2020 (#2,341#2,778)
  • 718 spots since 2015 (#2,060#2,778)
  • Biggest jump: 73 spots in 1884 (#375#302)
  • Biggest drop: 137 spots in 2003 (#995#1,132)
Rise & fade · girls
44 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1924 at #48 (5,404 births)
  • Births halved by 1945, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 32 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 32 yrs · run 1913–1944
  • Top 1,000: 123 yrs · run 1880–2002
Share of babies · girls
1 in 231
  • Highest: 1 in 231 girls born in 1924 were named Juanita (0.43%)
  • Latest: 1 in 26,349 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 23.4% of all girls named Juanita (48,547) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s446#262 (1888)#307
1890s1,392#199 (1899)#232
1900s3,837#109 (1909)#156
1910s20,878#73 (1919)#94
1920s48,547#48 (1924)#55
1930s35,915#57 (1930)#68
1940s30,443#78 (1940)#98
1950s25,656#115 (1950)#145
1960s16,968#184 (1960)#204
1970s10,178#230 (1971)#256
1980s6,561#281 (1981)#369
1990s3,624#534 (1990)#636
2000s1,947#835 (2000)#1,221
2010s876#1,818 (2010)#2,193
2020s416#2,288 (2023)#2,541

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

Juanita in 1964

girls
#203
1,806 births · 1 in 1,049 girls
boys
#3,282
7 births · 1 in 284,671 boys

Top girls' names in 1964

  1. #1Lisa54,270
  2. #2Mary40,985
  3. #3Susan31,515
  4. #4Karen30,243
  5. #5Patricia26,091
  6. #6Kimberly24,128
  7. #7Donna23,808
  8. #8Linda23,629
  9. #9Cynthia20,321
  10. #10Tammy20,043
  11. #203Juanita1,806

Top boys' names in 1964

  1. #1Michael82,617
  2. #2John82,508
  3. #3David75,043
  4. #4James73,026
  5. #5Robert69,980
  6. #6Mark45,261
  7. #7William44,224
  8. #8Richard40,098
  9. #9Thomas34,463
  10. #10Jeffrey30,728
  11. #3,282Juanita7
More about 1964

girls

1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 1,049 of them was named Juanita, which outranked 97.4% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Juanita
  1. #199Traci1,832
  2. #201Doreen1,831
  3. #202Dianne1,823
  4. #203Juanita1,806
  5. #204Marsha1,782
  6. #205Tami1,733
  7. #206Kristin1,724
Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. 4,987Anjanette#5,891#904
  2. 2,403Deneen#2,619#216
  3. 2,162Denine#3,066#904
  4. 1,303Daneen#2,211#908
  5. 1,137Kecia#1,754#617
Fallers
  1. 341Leisha#993#1,334
  2. 320Cary#973#1,293
  3. 317Lisha#929#1,246
  4. 281Cecile#973#1,254
  5. 276Alexis#790#1,066

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

boys

1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 284,671 of them was named Juanita, which outranked 28.6% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Juanita
  1. #3,050Windsor8
  2. #3,050Yvette8
  3. #3,050Zev8
  4. #3,282Juanita7
  5. #3,282Aarron7
  6. #3,282Abimael7
  7. #3,282Adams7
  8. #3,601Able6
  9. #3,601Adriano6
  10. #3,601Alanzo6

Tied with 318 names at #3,282; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. 864Deron#1,548#684
  2. 653Cassius#1,513#860
  3. 392Kipp#1,215#823
  4. 363Fitzgerald#1,052#689
  5. 334Adrain#1,279#945
Fallers
  1. 286Farrell#886#1,172
  2. 283Tal#813#1,096
  3. 278Laura#921#1,199
  4. 272Pamela#947#1,219
  5. 270Huey#891#1,161

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

See the top 100 for 1964