Juanita
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Spanish
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,778 for girls
Juanita is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “-ette”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 2,778th for girls in the US (61 babies).
What does Juanita mean?
Spanish
“-ette”
A female given name from Spanish.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Juanita a girl's or a boy's name?
Juanita is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 61 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Juanita in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Juanita, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2005, with 18 girls.
Half of all the girls named Juanita in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Juanita in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 13 | #2,103 |
| 2009 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,943 |
| 2007 | 18 | #1,544 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,764 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,382 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Juanita in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,778th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 61 about 1 in 26,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 61 girls in the US were named Juanita, making it the 2,778th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,341st. Its busiest year was 1924, with 5,404 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Juanita than any year since 1887.
Half of all the girls named Juanita in the US since 1880 were born between 1925 and 1955, the years shaded on the chart below.
Juanita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | #2,778 |
| 2024 | 68 | #2,585 |
| 2023 | 80 | #2,288 |
| 2022 | 68 | #2,579 |
| 2021 | 64 | #2,674 |
| 2020 | 75 | #2,341 |
| 2019 | 78 | #2,305 |
| 2018 | 68 | #2,557 |
| 2017 | 84 | #2,236 |
| 2016 | 75 | #2,446 |
| 2015 | 95 | #2,060 |
| 2014 | 82 | #2,267 |
| 2013 | 102 | #1,939 |
| 2012 | 81 | #2,315 |
| 2011 | 99 | #1,982 |
| 2010 | 112 | #1,818 |
| 2009 | 121 | #1,785 |
| 2008 | 164 | #1,437 |
| 2007 | 181 | #1,340 |
| 2006 | 162 | #1,398 |
| 2005 | 174 | #1,281 |
| 2004 | 205 | #1,113 |
| 2003 | 193 | #1,131 |
| 2002 | 221 | #994 |
| 2001 | 258 | #888 |
| 2000 | 268 | #835 |
| 1999 | 278 | #787 |
| 1998 | 299 | #729 |
| 1997 | 315 | #686 |
| 1996 | 315 | #689 |
| 1995 | 317 | #672 |
| 1994 | 372 | #604 |
| 1993 | 412 | #576 |
| 1992 | 434 | #542 |
| 1991 | 436 | #536 |
| 1990 | 446 | #533 |
| 1989 | 496 | #478 |
| 1988 | 493 | #454 |
| 1987 | 524 | #426 |
| 1986 | 583 | #394 |
| 1985 | 598 | #380 |
| 1984 | 650 | #354 |
| 1983 | 684 | #337 |
| 1982 | 849 | #286 |
| 1981 | 874 | #281 |
| 1980 | 810 | #304 |
| 1979 | 893 | #271 |
| 1978 | 866 | #267 |
| 1977 | 863 | #275 |
| 1976 | 845 | #273 |
| 1975 | 936 | #260 |
| 1974 | 1,040 | #246 |
| 1973 | 1,037 | #245 |
| 1972 | 1,135 | #241 |
| 1971 | 1,302 | #230 |
| 1970 | 1,261 | #247 |
| 1969 | 1,220 | #243 |
| 1968 | 1,357 | #220 |
| 1967 | 1,445 | #211 |
| 1966 | 1,533 | #204 |
| 1965 | 1,666 | #197 |
| 1964 | 1,806 | #203 |
| 1963 | 1,915 | #195 |
| 1962 | 1,943 | #193 |
| 1961 | 1,988 | #190 |
| 1960 | 2,095 | #184 |
| 1959 | 2,197 | #176 |
| 1958 | 2,161 | #174 |
| 1957 | 2,404 | #156 |
| 1956 | 2,468 | #152 |
| 1955 | 2,502 | #145 |
| 1954 | 2,552 | #144 |
| 1953 | 2,708 | #133 |
| 1952 | 2,847 | #125 |
| 1951 | 2,789 | #126 |
| 1950 | 3,028 | #115 |
| 1949 | 3,148 | #107 |
| 1948 | 3,207 | #107 |
| 1947 | 3,112 | #110 |
| 1946 | 2,985 | #110 |
| 1945 | 2,654 | #108 |
| 1944 | 2,960 | #94 |
| 1943 | 3,085 | #91 |
| 1942 | 3,074 | #90 |
| 1941 | 3,044 | #84 |
| 1940 | 3,174 | #78 |
| 1939 | 3,212 | #77 |
| 1938 | 3,129 | #80 |
| 1937 | 3,179 | #75 |
| 1936 | 3,183 | #75 |
| 1935 | 3,344 | #72 |
| 1934 | 3,662 | #64 |
| 1933 | 3,551 | #63 |
| 1932 | 4,012 | #58 |
| 1931 | 4,131 | #57 |
| 1930 | 4,512 | #57 |
| 1929 | 4,412 | #60 |
| 1928 | 4,734 | #58 |
| 1927 | 5,076 | #55 |
| 1926 | 4,981 | #52 |
| 1925 | 5,232 | #49 |
| 1924 | 5,404 | #48 |
| 1923 | 5,048 | #51 |
| 1922 | 4,643 | #57 |
| 1921 | 4,779 | #57 |
| 1920 | 4,238 | #61 |
| 1919 | 3,636 | #73 |
| 1918 | 3,260 | #85 |
| 1917 | 2,929 | #87 |
| 1916 | 2,644 | #90 |
| 1915 | 2,398 | #92 |
| 1914 | 1,792 | #94 |
| 1913 | 1,443 | #95 |
| 1912 | 1,182 | #103 |
| 1911 | 862 | #107 |
| 1910 | 732 | #115 |
| 1909 | 668 | #109 |
| 1908 | 572 | #118 |
| 1907 | 443 | #148 |
| 1906 | 388 | #153 |
| 1905 | 360 | #157 |
| 1904 | 344 | #158 |
| 1903 | 304 | #164 |
| 1902 | 234 | #191 |
| 1901 | 251 | #174 |
| 1900 | 273 | #189 |
| 1899 | 192 | #199 |
| 1898 | 176 | #218 |
| 1897 | 175 | #209 |
| 1896 | 165 | #216 |
| 1895 | 154 | #220 |
| 1894 | 111 | #260 |
| 1893 | 108 | #254 |
| 1892 | 133 | #224 |
| 1891 | 89 | #258 |
| 1890 | 89 | #265 |
| 1889 | 67 | #294 |
| 1888 | 77 | #262 |
| 1887 | 61 | #270 |
| 1886 | 52 | #285 |
| 1885 | 51 | #275 |
| 1884 | 41 | #302 |
| 1883 | 24 | #375 |
| 1882 | 25 | #352 |
| 1881 | 25 | #317 |
| 1880 | 23 | #333 |
Names like Juanita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Juanita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/juanita, updated 20 October 2026.