# Juanita (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/juanita/  
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 | “-ette”, “god is gracious” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 208,675 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 991 / 207,684 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 180, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Spanish Juanita, from Juana + -ita (“-ette”), 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 Janet, Jeanette, Jeannette, Shanae, and Sinead.

## What it means

Juanita 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 | 99 | 1,992 |
| 2012 | 81 | 2,326 |
| 2013 | 102 | 1,944 |
| 2014 | 82 | 2,279 |
| 2015 | 95 | 2,068 |
| 2016 | 75 | 2,452 |
| 2017 | 84 | 2,245 |
| 2018 | 68 | 2,574 |
| 2019 | 78 | 2,313 |
| 2020 | 75 | 2,361 |
| 2021 | 64 | 2,690 |
| 2022 | 68 | 2,593 |
| 2023 | 80 | 2,298 |
| 2024 | 68 | 2,598 |
| 2025 | 61 | 2,794 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 7 | 4,043 |
| 1971 | 7 | 4,166 |
| 1972 | 6 | 4,710 |
| 1973 | 5 | 5,469 |
| 1974 | 6 | 4,931 |
| 1975 | 6 | 5,114 |
| 1976 | 7 | 4,666 |
| 1977 | 7 | 4,850 |
| 1979 | 8 | 4,620 |
| 1980 | 6 | 5,888 |
| 1981 | 5 | 6,770 |
| 1984 | 10 | 4,063 |
| 1987 | 5 | 7,547 |
| 1988 | 6 | 6,835 |
| 1990 | 6 | 7,615 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 18 | 1,295 |
| 2006 | 14 | 1,660 |
| 2007 | 17 | 1,502 |
| 2008 | 13 | 1,914 |
| 2009 | 12 | 2,019 |
| 2010 | 12 | 2,104 |
| 2011 | 9 | 2,636 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,521 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,862 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Juanita

- Juanita Moore, American actress (1914-2014)
- Juanita Hall, American musical theatre and film actress; singer, recording artist (1901-1968)
- Juanita Millender-McDonald, Congresswoman (1938-2007)
- Bessie Love, American actress (1898–1986)
- Dee Dee Warwick, American soul singer (1945–2008)
- Vivian Malone Jones, American activist
- Autherine Lucy, American activist

## 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.