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Juan

Gender
Boy
Say it
HWAN
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#1,220 for boys
US rank, 2025
#159 for boys

Juan is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 1,220th for boys in the UK (25 babies) and 159th for boys in the US (2,318 babies).

What does Juan mean?

Hebrew: Spanish form of John

“God is gracious”

Spanish form of John; the legendary seducer Don Juan made the name proverbial in European literature and opera.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Juan a girl's or a boy's name?

Juan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 boys in the UK and 2,318 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Juan in the UK?

Rank in 2025
1,220th among boys
Babies in 2025
25 about 1 in 12,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 15% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 25 boys in the UK were named Juan, making it the 1,220th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,241st. Its busiest year was 2006, with 42 boys.

Half of all the boys named Juan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,153rd in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 42 in 20062025
Juan in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202525#1,220
202416#1,664
202317#1,571
202232#1,024
202120#1,389
202023#1,241
201921#1,302
201824#1,210
201719#1,428
201618#1,512
201531#1,025
201431#1,005
201314#1,715
201224#1,199
201130#1,014
201031#994
200929#1,008
200829#997
200740#765
200642#712
200527#917
200426#903
200334#700
200231#692
200131#656
200022#842
199912#1,188
199817#951
199712#1,174
199622#746

How popular is Juan in the US?

Rank in 2025
159th among boys
Babies in 2025
2,318 about 1 in 740 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 7% in five years
Same name in a class
1.9% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 2,318 boys in the US were named Juan, making it the 159th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 145th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 8,231 boys.

2025 had fewer boys named Juan than any year since 1965.

Half of all the boys named Juan in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 8,231 in 20052025
Juan in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20252,318#159
20242,609#137
20232,539#140
20222,679#141
20212,360#164
20202,523#145
20192,704#138
20182,844#139
20172,997#137
20163,349#122
20153,525#114
20143,903#100
20133,892#100
20124,284#92
20114,684#89
20105,245#76
20096,283#67
20087,034#66
20077,422#63
20067,940#61
20058,231#55
20048,134#54
20037,831#55
20027,820#54
20017,447#53
20007,712#48
19997,800#46
19987,361#52
19977,115#54
19967,010#52
19956,982#50
19947,208#51
19936,901#55
19926,956#56
19916,843#60
19906,743#61
19895,781#63
19885,171#68
19874,976#66
19865,076#65
19854,851#65
19844,644#64
19834,894#62
19825,121#61
19815,499#60
19805,434#59
19794,946#61
19784,837#62
19774,562#63
19765,053#58
19754,695#60
19744,428#64
19734,087#67
19723,672#73
19713,648#81
19703,476#95
19693,024#104
19682,622#112
19672,474#121
19662,383#129
19652,199#140
19642,227#148
19632,250#147
19622,150#153
19612,052#160
19602,076#160
19591,920#164
19581,939#162
19571,902#165
19561,756#169
19551,771#161
19541,870#153
19531,894#149
19521,856#150
19511,838#144
19502,025#133
19491,834#145
19481,475#164
19471,314#172
19461,128#172
19451,013#166
1944902#179
1943835#192
1942718#209
1941661#206
1940677#196
1939625#199
1938639#201
1937573#209
1936579#207
1935628#200
1934636#196
1933629#191
1932654#195
1931744#180
1930907#164
1929875#164
1928858#170
1927759#191
1926648#210
1925718#194
1924740#190
1923645#205
1922620#212
1921571#234
1920605#213
1919524#230
1918436#253
1917407#251
1916338#277
1915348#259
1914299#247
1913243#240
1912217#238
1911151#202
1910150#183
1909123#183
1908101#200
1907121#179
190688#200
190593#190
190481#202
190375#206
190268#217
190178#187
190084#215
189960#216
189853#239
189753#238
189663#224
189561#223
189450#240
189351#241
189255#239
189142#245
189050#236
188961#208
188856#234
188757#203
188669#194
188554#220
188456#221
188350#215
188239#273
188145#224
188039#270

Nicknames for Juan

Names like Juan

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Jude, Joshua, Cruz, Jacob, Toby, Nathan, Joel, Ethan, Joey, Jordan, Jonah, Adam

Names related to Juan

Jan, Jun, Juno, Juni, Juwan, Junah, Juwuan, Jaun

More Hebrew names

Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie, Levi

Every Hebrew name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Juan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/juan, updated 20 October 2026.