How common is the name Juan?

655,696 people in the United States have the first name Juan, about 1 in 461. It ranks #60 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JUAN

#60

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
655,696
About
1 in 461
This common or more
23.1%
Who bears it

Of the 655,696 people named Juan, 96.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% as White and 1.1% as Black. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Juan peaked in 2005, when 8,257 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2005
Births that year
8,257
In 2025*
2,318 ▼72%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 368,366 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Juan by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #88. The largest share of babies named Juan, 30.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#495526
1890s#612538
1900s#546912
1910s#5503,137
1920s#4427,175
1930s#4366,781
1940s#37310,746
1950s#33619,012
1960s#29623,724
1970s#14243,911
1980s#12351,979
1990s#10071,328
2000s#8876,081
2010s#17937,471
2020s#27015,045
Before 19010.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–272.5%
Silent Generation 1928–453.7%
Baby boom 1946–649.7%
Generation X 1965–8016.9%
Millennials 1981–9625.9%
Generation Z 1997–1230.6%
2013 and later10.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Juan is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Juan has been most common in Texas (4.3×), New Mexico (3.2×), and Arizona (2.7×), and least common in North Dakota (0.04×).

362,200 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Juan

#58 Gary · 656,593#59 Scott · 655,952#61 Rebecca · 645,350#62 Brandon · 642,620

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Juan, most common first.

#597 Juana · 88,951#2,165 Jun · 12,305#5,692 Juwan · 2,968#24,775 Juany · 387#37,821 Juam · 205#41,276 Juane · 178#49,014 Juani · 128

Also a last name

As a last name, Juan ranks #4,277 of 156,621, with 8,025 people. See Juan as a last name

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