# Juana (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/juana/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Spanish |
| Meaning | “god is gracious” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 18,881 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 88 / 18,793 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 39, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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.

## What it means

Juana is grouped under grace.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 118 | 1,742 |
| 2012 | 109 | 1,853 |
| 2013 | 91 | 2,099 |
| 2014 | 104 | 1,931 |
| 2015 | 106 | 1,916 |
| 2016 | 119 | 1,748 |
| 2017 | 114 | 1,819 |
| 2018 | 122 | 1,700 |
| 2019 | 140 | 1,545 |
| 2020 | 143 | 1,496 |
| 2021 | 162 | 1,365 |
| 2022 | 175 | 1,346 |
| 2023 | 196 | 1,214 |
| 2024 | 221 | 1,108 |
| 2025 | 185 | 1,223 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 7 | 3,651 |
| 1929 | 5 | 4,285 |
| 1968 | 6 | 3,921 |
| 1974 | 6 | 4,930 |
| 1975 | 6 | 5,113 |
| 1979 | 6 | 5,708 |
| 1987 | 5 | 7,545 |
| 1988 | 7 | 6,114 |
| 1989 | 9 | 5,384 |
| 1990 | 6 | 7,613 |
| 1991 | 7 | 6,895 |
| 1992 | 5 | 9,093 |
| 1993 | 8 | 6,523 |
| 2004 | 5 | 12,255 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,518 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

## People named Juana

- Juana Enríquez de Mendoza y Fernández de Córdoba, Aragonese queen
- Juana Azurduy de Padilla, argentine/bolivian military leader
- Juana Manuela Gorriti, Argentine writer (1818–1892)
- Juana Acosta, Colombian actress
- Juana Paula Manso, Argentine writer (1819-1875)
- Juana Borrero, Cuban artist and poet (1877-1896)
- Juana Castellaro, Argentine field hockey player
- Juana Molina, Argentine singer-songwriter and actress
- Juana Saltitopa, Dominican activist
- Joanna la Beltraneja, Castillian infanta and queen, queen consort of Portugal
- Mirtha Legrand, Argentine actress and television presenter
- Joan, Duchess of Brittany, French duchess (1319–1384)

## 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.