Juanita
Juanita is a feminine given name. Juanita is the Spanish diminutive for the name Juana, but it is sometimes given as a name in its own right, across linguistic contexts. English speakers sometimes use a phonetic spelling of the name, such as Waneta or Wanita.
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Juanita
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Juanita is a feminine given name. Juanita is the Spanish diminutive for the name Juana, but it is sometimes given as a name in its own right, across linguistic contexts. English speakers sometimes use a phonetic spelling of the name, such as Waneta or Wanita.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Juanita
American parents first put Juanita on the record books as a baby girl name in 1880, with 23 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1924, when 5,404 Juanitas were born — ranking #48 that year. The 1920s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 23% of all recorded Juanitas. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #2,509 among baby girl names with 71 births, holding steady (-3%). In total, more than 208K Juanitas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Juanita
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About the name Juanita
Juanita is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 208K births in the dataset. Juanita's peak popularity came in 1924 when it ranked #48. Use the chart and map above to compare Juanita'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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