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Juana

Pronounced HH W AA1 N AH0 (ARPABET)

  • 2 syllables
  • Peaked 1994
  • 145 years in use
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How popular is Juana?

Juana is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 19,243 children — the 948th most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1994, when 265 children were given it.

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1994Girls: 265Boys: 0

Characteristics

  • 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
HH W AA1 N AH0 · W AA1 N AH0
Stress pattern:
10 · 10
Syllables:
2

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Juana

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Juana

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Juana?
Juana ranks 948th among girls' names in US records, with 19,243 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,497.
Is Juana a unisex name?
No. Juana is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Juana most popular?
1994, when 265 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.