Juana

Meaning: God is gracious
Origin: Spanish (from Hebrew)

Girl's name · #1223 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Juana holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#1223 in 2025). About 19,000 girls have carried it along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

In recent years, Juana ran 4–7× its national rate in Alabama and Tennessee.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 16 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Juana ranks in other countries and regions.

#101 in Mexico (2024) · #843 in Ecuador (2025) · #2,174 in Switzerland (2025) · #3,733 in Canada (2024).

Famous Juanas

Juana I of Castile — Queen of Castile from 1504 and of Aragon from 1516
Juana de Ibarbourou — Uruguayan writer (1892–1979)
Juana Enríquez — Aragonese queen
Juana Manuel — Queen of Castile and Leon
Juana Azurduy de Padilla — Argentine/bolivian military leader

In stories & tradition

Juana la Iguana — Juana la Iguana (TV series)
Juana — La Loca (musical stage work)
Juana Inés de la Cruz — Juana Inés

What Juanas become

Among 299 notable people named Juana:

Political leaders appear 1.39× more often than among typical names — e.g. Juana I of Castile, Spanish monarch (1479–1555).

Similar names: Carmela · Juanita · Luana · Josefina · Lorena · Susanna

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