Juana
Juana is a Spanish female name. It is the feminine form of Juan, and thus corresponds to the English names Jane, Jean, Joan, and Joanna. The feminine diminutive form is Juanita. It is very common in Spain, the other Spanish-speaking countries around the world, and in the Philippines. The name Juana may refer to:
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Juana
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Juana is a Spanish female name. It is the feminine form of Juan, and thus corresponds to the English names Jane, Jean, Joan, and Joanna. The feminine diminutive form is Juanita. It is very common in Spain, the other Spanish-speaking countries around the world, and in the Philippines. The name Juana may refer to:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Juana
American parents first put Juana on the record books as a baby girl name in 1880, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1994, when 265 Juanas were born — ranking #773 that year. As of 2026, Juana ranks #1,063 for baby girls with 233 births, rising sharply (+54% over the past five years). All told, over 19K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Juana
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Juana. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Juana
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- Juana I (1479–1555), Queen of Castile and Aragon
- Juana Rosa Aguirre (1877–1963), Chilean first lady
- Juana Azurduy de Padilla (1780–1862), South American military leader
- Juana Barraza (born 1957), Mexican serial killer
- Juana Belén Gutiérrez de Mendoza (1875–1942), Mexican writer
- Juana Bormann (1893–1945), German war criminal
- Juana Briones de Miranda (1802–1889), American landowner
- Juana Castro (born 1933), Cuban exile
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Names that sound like Juana
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About the name Juana
Juana is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 19K births in the dataset. Juana's peak popularity came in 1994 when it ranked #485. Use the chart and map above to compare Juana's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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