# Juan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/juan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Manx |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ʍɑːn/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 368,366 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 365,606 / 2,760 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 729, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 35 | 4,045 |
| 2005 | 26 | 5,025 |
| 2006 | 16 | 7,659 |
| 2007 | 18 | 7,235 |
| 2008 | 15 | 8,321 |
| 2009 | 17 | 7,507 |
| 2011 | 6 | 15,717 |
| 2012 | 6 | 15,850 |
| 2013 | 6 | 15,495 |
| 2014 | 8 | 12,457 |
| 2015 | 7 | 13,676 |
| 2019 | 11 | 9,391 |
| 2020 | 6 | 14,216 |
| 2022 | 5 | 16,408 |
| 2024 | 6 | 14,280 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4,684 | 89 |
| 2012 | 4,284 | 92 |
| 2013 | 3,892 | 100 |
| 2014 | 3,903 | 100 |
| 2015 | 3,525 | 114 |
| 2016 | 3,349 | 122 |
| 2017 | 2,997 | 137 |
| 2018 | 2,844 | 139 |
| 2019 | 2,704 | 138 |
| 2020 | 2,523 | 145 |
| 2021 | 2,360 | 164 |
| 2022 | 2,679 | 141 |
| 2023 | 2,539 | 140 |
| 2024 | 2,609 | 137 |
| 2025 | 2,318 | 159 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 29 | 958 |
| 2012 | 24 | 1,119 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,617 |
| 2014 | 30 | 959 |
| 2015 | 31 | 950 |
| 2016 | 18 | 1,431 |
| 2017 | 18 | 1,398 |
| 2018 | 24 | 1,132 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1,253 |
| 2020 | 22 | 1,192 |
| 2021 | 19 | 1,329 |
| 2022 | 32 | 949 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,533 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1,595 |
| 2025 | 25 | 1,153 |

## People named Juan

- Juanes, Colombian musician (born 1972)
- Juan Sebastián Elcano, Castillian Basque sailor, explorer, and circumnavigator with the Magellan Expedition
- Juan Román Riquelme, Argentine association football player
- Juan Martín del Potro, Argentine tennis player (born 1988)
- Juan Cuadrado, Colombian footballer
- Juan Fernando Quintero, Colombian association football player
- Juan, Brazilian footballer (born 1979)
- Juan Jesus, Brazilian footballer (born 1991)
- Juan Foyth, Argentine association football player
- Juan Musso, Argentine footballer (born 1994)
- Juan Velasco Alvarado, 50th President of Peru (1910-1977)
- Juan Camilo Zúñiga, Colombian footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.