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Juan

Boys' name · Millennial-era

Living in the US
~325,800 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#159 among boys
Births in 2025
2,318 368,366 since 1880
Typical age
31 years, median

Juan popularity over time

Juan rank by birth year, 1880–2025Juan ranked #270 in 1880 and #159 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #46, in 1999.#100#159best #46 in 199918901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Juan was used most in 2005, when 8,257 babies were given the name. It appears in the very first year SSA covers, 1880. Across the record, 45 years put Juan in the top 100.

As of 2025 the name sits at #159, with 2,318 births that year. Compared with 2015, births are down 34%. It slipped 22 places against the previous year.

Babies named Juan per yearPeaks at 8,257 births in 2005.8,257 in 2005018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Juan?

About 325,800 people named Juan are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 368,366 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Juan?

Half of living Juans are older than 31, half younger. Most living bearers were born in the 2000s. By the site’s era rules that makes Juan a millennial-era name.

Your Juan

Ages of living people named JuanHalf of living Juans are older than 31 and half younger.median 31020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Juan is most common

Relative to births, Texas carries 2.8× the national share of Juans. New Mexico, Arizona and California follow.

Where Juan is used more than average5 states use the name Juan more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: 1.6× the national rateNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.8× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: 2.0× the national rateAZNew Mexico: 2.2× the national rateNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: 2.8× the national rateTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Juan is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Texas 7,317 2.8×
New Mexico 215 2.2×
Arizona 963 2.0×
California 5,376 1.8×
Nevada 284 1.6×

Juan in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Juan ranked #1,153 in 2025 on 25 births.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Juan comes from

English Wiktionary: given name from Manx, Spanish.

Notable people named Juan

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Juan Perón president of Argentina (1946–55, 1973–74) 1895–1974 92
Juan Guaidó Venezuelan politician and former President of the National Assembly 1983 76
Juan Mata Spanish association football player 1988 74
Juan Ponce de León Spanish explorer and conquistador 1460–1521 63
Juan Gris Spanish artist 1887–1927 63
Juan Sebastián Elcano Castillian Basque sailor, explorer, and circumnavigator with the Magellan Expedition 1486–1526 63
Juan Román Riquelme Argentine association football player 1978 60
Juan Martín del Potro Argentine tennis player 1988 58
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Juan

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

Same feel, less common

The same matches, limited to names given at most half as often as Juan was in 2025.

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