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

Showing
Show data for
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201979peak #48, 1924girls
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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 1979

girls
#271
893 births · 1 in 1,798 girls
boys
#4,403
8 births · 1 in 215,192 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. #271Juanita893

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. #4,403Juanita8
More about 1979

girls

1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 1,798 of them was named Juanita, which outranked 97.7% 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 Juanita
  1. #267Lesley913
  2. #269Annie910
  3. #270Becky907
  4. #271Juanita893
  5. #272Dorothy890
  6. #273Sandy888
  7. #274Chasity887
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 215,192 of them was named Juanita, which outranked 37.7% 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 Juanita
  1. #4,068Zachari9
  2. #4,068Zebedee9
  3. #4,068Zeth9
  4. #4,403Juanita8
  5. #4,403Abiel8
  6. #4,403Abu8
  7. #4,403Acie8
  8. #4,842Abasi7
  9. #4,842Abdiel7
  10. #4,842Abed7

Tied with 438 names at #4,403; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

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