Justice
#1,359 for girls in 2025, 162 births · #1,112 for boys in 2025, 193 births
Given to boys 51.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1996 · 827 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 19,902since 1880
Justice over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,359 | 162 | #1,112 | 193 |
| 2024 | #1,165 | 206 | #1,072 | 203 |
| 2023 | #1,024 | 247 | #897 | 259 |
| 2022 | #863 | 322 | #771 | 328 |
| 2021 | #730 | 390 | #625 | 440 |
| 2020 | #572 | 511 | #657 | 400 |
| 2019 | #571 | 532 | #599 | 460 |
| 2018 | #540 | 580 | #557 | 496 |
| 2017 | #499 | 628 | #557 | 487 |
| 2016 | #473 | 673 | #494 | 612 |
| 2015 | #449 | 704 | #520 | 554 |
| 2014 | #420 | 765 | #524 | 529 |
| 2013 | #430 | 708 | #470 | 592 |
| 2012 | #517 | 587 | #515 | 512 |
| 2011 | #525 | 552 | #512 | 506 |
| 2010 | #532 | 551 | #456 | 587 |
| 2009 | #556 | 550 | #427 | 665 |
| 2008 | #538 | 573 | #425 | 680 |
| 2007 | #571 | 525 | #397 | 742 |
| 2006 | #542 | 547 | #408 | 723 |
| 2005 | #536 | 538 | #439 | 599 |
| 2004 | #497 | 592 | #401 | 650 |
| 2003 | #451 | 666 | #393 | 666 |
| 2002 | #402 | 725 | #332 | 832 |
| 2001 | #446 | 624 | #371 | 717 |
| 2000 | #545 | 477 | #390 | 656 |
| 1999 | #499 | 521 | #388 | 664 |
| 1998 | #435 | 608 | #342 | 785 |
| 1997 | #386 | 680 | #328 | 802 |
| 1996 | #324 | 862 | #320 | 827 |
| 1995 | #261 | 1,046 | #388 | 600 |
| 1994 | #362 | 719 | #465 | 469 |
| 1993 | #1,049 | 175 | #628 | 268 |
| 1992 | #3,144 | 36 | #820 | 164 |
| 1991 | #3,540 | 30 | #1,071 | 103 |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 | #1,361 | 67 |
| 1989 | #3,673 | 27 | #1,705 | 45 |
| 1988 | #4,015 | 22 | #1,790 | 38 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | #1,709 | 39 |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 | #1,791 | 34 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #1,834 | 32 |
| 1984 | — | #1,979 | 27 | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #1,905 | 28 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #1,395 | 46 |
| 1981 | — | #1,548 | 39 | |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | #1,852 | 30 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #1,711 | 33 |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | #1,913 | 26 |
| 1977 | — | #1,707 | 31 | |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #2,417 | 18 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | #1,753 | 28 |
| 1974 | — | #1,692 | 28 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,124 | 19 | |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | #2,020 | 20 |
| 1971 | — | #1,916 | 22 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,739 | 12 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,314 | 8 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,365 | 7 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,231 | 7 | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | #3,930 | 5 | |
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | #3,044 | 8 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,305 | 7 | |
| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | #3,290 | 7 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,944 | 5 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | #3,886 | 5 | |
| 1954 | — | #3,176 | 7 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,798 | 5 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,373 | 6 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,844 | 8 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,329 | 6 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,298 | 6 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,010 | 7 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,862 | 8 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,534 | 9 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,009 | 12 | |
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | #3,538 | 5 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,145 | 12 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,491 | 9 | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | #2,288 | 10 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,185 | 11 | |
| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1936 | — | #3,147 | 6 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,951 | 7 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,368 | 10 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,313 | 11 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,651 | 9 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,289 | 7 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,317 | 12 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,960 | 16 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,959 | 17 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,385 | 7 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,435 | 12 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,641 | 11 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,446 | 12 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,532 | 7 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,265 | 14 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,602 | 11 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,973 | 16 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,543 | 11 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,986 | 15 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,152 | 13 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,082 | 7 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,457 | 8 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,945 | 9 | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Justice was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1912, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Justice
- 40 spots since 2024 (#1,072 → #1,112)
- 455 spots since 2020 (#657 → #1,112)
- 592 spots since 2015 (#520 → #1,112)
- Biggest jump: 251 spots in 1992 (#1,071 → #820)
- Biggest drop: 175 spots in 2024 (#897 → #1,072)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1996 at #320 (827 births)
- Births halved by 2020, 24 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1992–2023
- Highest: 1 in 2,291 boys born in 1996 were named Justice (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,850 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 34.8% of all boys named Justice (6,930) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2024, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #909 (1880) | #909 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 10 | #1,137 (1902) | #1,171 |
| 1910s | 84 | #1,589 (1910) | #2,216 |
| 1920s | 119 | #1,959 (1927) | #2,554 |
| 1930s | 83 | #2,185 (1938) | #2,764 |
| 1940s | 68 | #2,009 (1945) | #2,736 |
| 1950s | 54 | #2,844 (1951) | #3,515 |
| 1960s | 47 | #3,044 (1963) | #3,465 |
| 1970s | 237 | #1,692 (1974) | #1,999 |
| 1980s | 358 | #1,395 (1982) | #1,751 |
| 1990s | 4,749 | #320 (1996) | #611 |
| 2000s | 6,930 | #332 (2002) | #398 |
| 2010s | 5,335 | #456 (2010) | #520 |
| 2020s | 1,823 | #625 (2021) | #856 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Justice in 2020
Top girls' names in 2020
Top boys' names in 2020
More about 2020
girls
1,616,549 girls got a published name in 2020; 1 in 3,164 of them was named Justice, which outranked 96.7% of the 17,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #569Novah517
- #570Amalia515
- #571Fernanda512
- #572Justice511
- #572Angelica511
- #572Cecelia511
- #572Elliot511
- #577Alia510
- #577Gloria510
- #579Ariya509
Tied with 4 names at #572; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 4,315 of them was named Justice, which outranked 95.3% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #653Fletcher404
- #655Sam402
- #655Wilson402
- #657Justice400
- #657Bryant400
- #659Flynn398
- #659Hamza398
- #659Jamir398
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 380Vivaan#875 → #1,255
- ↓ 282Alexzander#890 → #1,172
- ↓ 268Reyansh#806 → #1,074
- ↓ 266Javion#949 → #1,215
- ↓ 224Kenny#862 → #1,086
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.