How Many People Are Named Juanita Charleston?

There are approximately 1 people named Juanita Charleston living in the United States today. That makes this name combination very rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans.

This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Juanita with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Charleston. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.

Estimated People with This Name

1 in 342,754,338 Americans

Combination Rarity

Very Rare

Very Rare Very Common

First Name

Juanita

Last Name

Charleston

Juanita: Popularity Over Time

Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Juanita. The peak year was 1924 with 5,428 births. The average person named Juanita today is 64 years old.

Male

Female

Ancestry of the First Name Juanita

In the 2020 Census, the first name Juanita was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (36.64%). The next largest recorded groups were Hispanic (34.66%) and Black (23.07%).

These percentages describe the people who had the first name Juanita in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.

Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Juanita rose or fell over time.

White

36.64%

Black

23.07%

Hispanic

34.66%

Asian/Pacific Islander

2.10%

American Indian/Alaska Native

1.29%

Two or More Races

2.25%

Ancestry of the Charleston Surname

The surname Charleston was most commonly recorded among people who identified as Black in the 2020 Census.

This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Charleston in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.

White

28.57%

Black

59.90%

Hispanic

3.58%

Asian/Pacific Islander

0.60%

American Indian/Alaska Native

2.38%

Two or More Races

4.97%

How we calculated this

The first name "Juanita" has an estimated frequency of 0.0217% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.

The surname "Charleston" appears at a rate of 1.06 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.

We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Juanita are likely to be alive now.

Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 1 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.

Other people named Juanita

Juanita Smith Juanita Johnson Juanita Williams Juanita Brown Juanita Jones Juanita Garcia Juanita Patton

Other people with the surname Charleston

Michael Charleston James Charleston John Charleston David Charleston Robert Charleston William Charleston Grace Charleston

Juanita Charleston: Questions and Answers

How many people are named Juanita Charleston?

We estimate approximately 1 people named Juanita Charleston are alive in the United States today. The first name Juanita is shared by 74,367 Americans, and the surname Charleston is shared by 3,620.

How rare is the name Juanita Charleston?

This name combination is classified as Very Rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans. The first name Juanita is uncommon and the surname Charleston is rare.

Is Juanita a male or female name?

Juanita is predominantly female, with 0.5% of bearers being male and 99.5% female. It peaked in popularity in 1924 and the average bearer today is 64 years old.

What does the Census say about the first name Juanita?

In the 2020 Census, the first name Juanita was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (36.64%). The next largest recorded groups were Hispanic (34.66%) and Black (23.07%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.

Where does this data come from?

First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.

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