Female name
Juanita
180 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2005. Expression number: 22.
Origin
From Spanish Juanita, from Juana + -ita (“-ette”), from Old Spanish Johanna, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets. Doublet of Janet, Jeanette, Jeannette, Shanae, and Sinead.From Wiktionary, entry “Juanita”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 2005: 18 births. 180 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2000s and 2010s. Fewer than ten births recorded from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 1924: 5,428 births. 208,675 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given steadily, decade after decade, from the 1910s to the 1950s. At its peak, it ranked 48th among girls' names in 1924. It is still given: 341 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 3,807 | 2012–2023 | — |
| France | 1,025 | 1900–2025 | — |
Source: RENAPER, Nombres propios en Argentina, CC BY 4.0 (the registry doesn't record sex); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
22
the large-scale builder (master number)
1 + 3 + 1 + 5 + 9 + 2 + 1 = 22
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
5
freedom, change, movement
3 + 1 + 9 + 1 = 14 → 5
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
8
power, achievement, your relationship with money
1 + 5 + 2 = 8
- Digits missing from the name
- 4, 6, 7, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 1 · initiative, independence, beginnings
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.