Juan

Meaning: God is gracious
Origin: Hebrew — Spanish form of John

Boy's name · #159 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave

Popularity over time

Juan reached its best rank, #46, in 1999 and ranked #159 in 2025. About 366,000 boys have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 40 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#14 in Ecuador (2025) · #28 in Spain (2024) · #56 in Mexico (2024) · #101 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #591 in Canada (2025) · #631 in Poland (2025) · #734 in France (2025) · #1,046 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,153 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,199 in Belgium (2025) · #1,534 in Austria (2025) · #2,144 in Sweden (2025) and 8 more.

Famous Juans

Juan Carlos I of Spain — King of Spain from 1975 to 2014 (born 1938)
Juan Ramón Jiménez — Spanish poet (1881–1958)
Juan Manuel Santos — President of Colombia from 2010 to 2018 (born 1951)
Juan Perón — President of Argentina (1946–1955, 1973–1974) (1895–1974)
Juan Manuel Fangio — Argentine racing driver (1911–1995)
Juan Mata — Spanish footballer (born 1988)
Juan Guaidó — Venezuelan politician and former President of the National Assembly (born 1983)
Juan Ponce de León — Spanish explorer and conquistador (1474–1521)
Juan Carlos Ferrero — Spanish tennis player (born 1980)
Juan Román Riquelme — Argentine footballer (born 1978)

In stories & tradition

Juan Valdez — Colombian advertising character
Juan Sánchez Villa-Lobos Ramírez — Fictional from the Highlander franchise

What Juans become

Among 14,700 notable people named Juan:

Military figures appear 2.09× more often than among typical names — e.g. Juan Almeida Bosque, Cuban politician and one of the original commanders of the Cuban Revolution (1927–2009).

Similar names: Miguel · Jude · Jesus · Jose · Evan · Javier

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