1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 221 girls were named Juana, about 1 in every 7,299.
- It peaked in 1994 with 265 babies, ranked #773.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 18,605 girls have been named Juana since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Juana per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 2,568 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Silent: 1,944 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,854 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,910 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,345 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Gen Z: 3,013 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,692 babies, 0.08 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Spanish Juana, from Old Spanish Johanna, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.
- A female given name from Spanish.
- Origin
- Spanish
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Juana, CC BY-SA 4.0.