Juan

“God is gracious” — Hebrew via Spanish origin

Boy's name · #159 in the US (2025) · 2000s

Juan reached its best rank, #46, in 1999 and ranked #159 in 2025. About 366,000 boys have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Around the world: #29 in Spain (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 40 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Juans

Juan Carlos I of Spain — King of Spain from 1975 to 2014
Juan Ramón Jiménez — Spanish poet (1881–1958)
Juan Manuel Santos — president of Colombia from 2010 to 2018
Juan Perón — president of Argentina (1946–55, 1973–74)
Juan Manuel Fangio — Argentine racing driver (1911–1995)

In stories & tradition

Juan (Pope John XX) — fictional human
Juan Valdez — advertising character
Juan Sánchez Villa-Lobos Ramírez — Highlander · Highlander II: The Quickening

What Juans become

Among 14,700 notable people named Juan:

Military figures appear 2.09× more often than among typical names — e.g. Juan Almeida Bosque, Cuban politician and one of the original commanders of the Cuban Revolution (1927-2009).

Similar names: Miguel · Jude · Jesus · Evan · Jose · Ian

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