Sanjuanita
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sahn-hwah-NEE-ta
- Origin
- Hebrew
Sanjuanita is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Sanjuanita mean?
Hebrew: Spanish diminutive of Sanjuana, from San Juan
“God is gracious”
Is Sanjuanita a girl's or a boy's name?
Sanjuanita is a girls' name.
How popular is Sanjuanita in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1952, with 134 girls. It first appears in the records in 1928.
Half of all the girls named Sanjuanita in the US since 1880 were born between 1954 and 1979, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sanjuanita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,286 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 29 | #3,911 |
| 1997 | 26 | #4,122 |
| 1996 | 33 | #3,424 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,487 |
| 1994 | 31 | #3,531 |
| 1993 | 27 | #3,872 |
| 1992 | 22 | #4,521 |
| 1991 | 34 | #3,201 |
| 1990 | 47 | #2,518 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,887 |
| 1988 | 31 | #3,160 |
| 1987 | 27 | #3,328 |
| 1986 | 30 | #3,052 |
| 1985 | 42 | #2,361 |
| 1984 | 45 | #2,191 |
| 1983 | 45 | #2,155 |
| 1982 | 31 | #2,900 |
| 1981 | 49 | #2,085 |
| 1980 | 49 | #2,096 |
| 1979 | 57 | #1,857 |
| 1978 | 52 | #1,893 |
| 1977 | 57 | #1,774 |
| 1976 | 87 | #1,273 |
| 1975 | 70 | #1,459 |
| 1974 | 89 | #1,226 |
| 1973 | 65 | #1,458 |
| 1972 | 87 | #1,219 |
| 1971 | 80 | #1,336 |
| 1970 | 83 | #1,293 |
| 1969 | 77 | #1,276 |
| 1968 | 65 | #1,387 |
| 1967 | 61 | #1,416 |
| 1966 | 55 | #1,488 |
| 1965 | 57 | #1,463 |
| 1964 | 64 | #1,405 |
| 1963 | 65 | #1,372 |
| 1962 | 68 | #1,344 |
| 1961 | 63 | #1,405 |
| 1960 | 60 | #1,416 |
| 1959 | 67 | #1,305 |
| 1958 | 47 | #1,556 |
| 1957 | 75 | #1,219 |
| 1956 | 102 | #1,011 |
| 1955 | 91 | #1,054 |
| 1954 | 93 | #1,013 |
| 1953 | 120 | #848 |
| 1952 | 134 | #769 |
| 1951 | 124 | #798 |
| 1950 | 129 | #761 |
| 1949 | 119 | #790 |
| 1948 | 69 | #1,056 |
| 1947 | 37 | #1,544 |
| 1946 | 32 | #1,558 |
| 1945 | 14 | #2,338 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,624 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
Nicknames for Sanjuanita
- Juanita 3 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Sanjuanita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maria, Rebecca, Angela, Lisa, Melissa, Samantha, Sara, Jessica, Victoria, Joanna, Veronica, Teresa
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from 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, “Sanjuanita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sanjuanita, updated 20 October 2026.