Fun Facts About the Name Juancarlos
- More than 4 thousand babies named Juancarlos: U.S. records list 4,054 babies given the name Juancarlos from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Juancarlos Mean?
Juancarlos is a Spanish compound given name made of two names, Juan and Carlos. Juan is the Spanish form of John, which descends from the Hebrew Yochanan, meaning "Yahweh is gracious," by way of the Greek Ioannes and the Latin Iohannes. Carlos is the Spanish form of Charles, from the Latin Carolus, which was borrowed from the Germanic name Karl. That Germanic element is usually explained as "man" or "free man" (Proto-Germanic *karlaz, a free man as opposed to a servant), though the precise early sense is not fully certain. Read literally, the two parts mean "God is gracious" and "free man," but the name is used as a single personal name rather than as a phrase carrying a combined meaning.
Juancarlos Name History & Origins
Giving two names and using them together is an old custom in the Spanish-speaking world, as with Juan Carlos, José María, or Ana María. Juan has been an extremely common Spanish male name since the Middle Ages, helped by devotion to Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist. Carlos entered Spanish through Latin and French forms of the Germanic name Karl and became familiar in Spain through the Habsburg monarchs, beginning with Carlos I (Charles V) in the sixteenth century; later Spanish kings also bore it. The solid spelling Juancarlos is one written convention for the compound, appearing as a single given name chiefly in Latin America, while the spaced form Juan Carlos and the hyphenated Juan-Carlos also occur. Juan Carlos I, king of Spain from 1975 to 2014, bears the spaced form, which has kept the combination familiar; the solid spelling is a spelling choice rather than a separate etymology.
How Popular is the Name Juancarlos?
Juancarlos has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2004. Its best rank was #1,049 in 2004.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,696 | 48 | 0.0028% |
| 2024 | #2,575 | 52 | 0.0030% |
| 2023 | #2,753 | 47 | 0.0028% |
| 2022 | #2,450 | 57 | 0.0033% |
| 2021 | #2,473 | 54 | 0.0031% |
| 2020 | #2,221 | 62 | 0.0036% |
| 2019 | #2,348 | 58 | 0.0032% |
| 2018 | #2,368 | 56 | 0.0031% |
| 2017 | #2,364 | 55 | 0.0030% |
| 2016 | #2,074 | 68 | 0.0036% |
| 2015 | #1,942 | 75 | 0.0039% |
| 2014 | #1,696 | 90 | 0.0047% |
| 2013 | #1,652 | 92 | 0.0049% |
| 2012 | #1,402 | 119 | 0.0063% |
| 2011 | #1,627 | 94 | 0.0050% |
| 2010 | #1,328 | 129 | 0.0067% |
| 2009 | #1,399 | 122 | 0.0062% |
| 2008 | #1,376 | 124 | 0.0061% |
| 2007 | #1,233 | 143 | 0.0069% |
| 2006 | #1,151 | 147 | 0.0072% |
| 2005 | #1,237 | 128 | 0.0064% |
| 2004 | #1,049 | 154 | 0.0078% |
| 2003 | #1,188 | 125 | 0.0063% |
| 2002 | #1,172 | 121 | 0.0062% |
| 2001 | #1,097 | 130 | 0.0067% |
| 2000 | #1,111 | 127 | 0.0065% |
| 1999 | #1,256 | 99 | 0.0052% |
| 1998 | #1,091 | 119 | 0.0062% |
| 1997 | #1,164 | 105 | 0.0056% |
| 1996 | #1,151 | 103 | 0.0054% |
| 1995 | #1,211 | 92 | 0.0048% |
| 1994 | #1,091 | 106 | 0.0055% |
| 1993 | #1,199 | 88 | 0.0045% |
| 1992 | #1,356 | 70 | 0.0035% |
| 1991 | #1,268 | 78 | 0.0039% |
| 1990 | #1,329 | 70 | 0.0034% |
| 1989 | #1,649 | 48 | 0.0024% |
| 1988 | #1,195 | 72 | 0.0038% |
| 1987 | #1,166 | 68 | 0.0036% |
| 1986 | #1,073 | 76 | 0.0041% |
| 1985 | #1,424 | 48 | 0.0026% |
| 1984 | #1,671 | 35 | 0.0019% |
| 1983 | #1,522 | 40 | 0.0022% |
| 1982 | #1,665 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 1981 | #2,116 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1980 | #2,026 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 1979 | #2,425 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 1978 | #1,941 | 26 | 0.0016% |
| 1977 | #1,973 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 1976 | #2,030 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 1975 | #2,400 | 18 | 0.0012% |
| 1974 | #3,038 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1973 | #3,885 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1972 | #3,478 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1971 | #5,277 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1970 | #3,670 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1969 | #4,709 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1965 | #4,184 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1963 | #3,487 | 7 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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