Justin

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477 · #233 for boys in 2025, 1,512 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1988 · 35,055 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
43 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
790,469
since 1880

Justin over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201974peak #7, 1988boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2331,512
2024#13,4776#1991,796
2023#1851,934
2022#1812,079
2021#1792,166
2020#1652,312
2019#12,4487#1542,545
2018#1412,809
2017#1273,155
2016#14,3316#1123,569
2015#16,4195#1103,726
2014#16,5135#964,033
2013#10,23510#854,875
2012#7,45616#745,906
2011#8,61413#597,129
2010#9,79011#507,856
2009#7,67916#468,631
2008#6,35021#449,365
2007#7,73316#4510,049
2006#7,48216#459,973
2005#6,24519#3610,518
2004#3,07150#3011,879
2003#4,30730#2713,655
2002#3,88933#2214,906
2001#3,54937#2216,231
2000#2,94048#1917,784
1999#2,70351#2018,277
1998#2,69150#2017,971
1997#3,22436#2018,745
1996#2,28258#2020,015
1995#1,80279#1821,581
1994#2,12464#2020,940
1993#1,89874#2021,540
1992#1,71387#1823,620
1991#1,485106#1426,797
1990#1,214139#930,649
1989#915198#832,852
1988#780241#735,055
1987#716253#931,491
1986#729244#1426,638
1985#880182#1525,537
1984#851180#1326,769
1983#751217#1228,298
1982#801201#1229,115
1981#853182#1227,307
1980#925161#1326,763
1979#1,080127#2217,390
1978#1,104118#2814,183
1977#1,59667#3012,008
1976#1,52367#3310,144
1975#1,52766#378,897
1974#2,10039#437,429
1973#2,06439#516,078
1972#2,68026#604,975
1971#3,37319#1033,053
1970#2,77925#1382,382
1969#3,31817#1671,664
1968#4,00012#2111,109
1967#4,6259#293623
1966#336505
1965#354459
1964#355491
1963#349499
1962#348510
1961#362484
1960#418362
1959#429347
1958#449304
1957#448297
1956#455279
1955#470246
1954#499213
1953#542172
1952#532174
1951#598135
1950#604128
1949#507173
1948#569137
1947#553148
1946#540141
1945#540122
1944#595106
1943#615105
1942#609107
1941#62893
1940#65984
1939#61090
1938#64885
1937#70672
1936#78061
1935#72571
1934#74268
1933#58299
1932#66883
1931#68477
1930#564113
1929#575108
1928#554121
1927#518139
1926#543125
1925#534132
1924#489161
1923#4,9675#564122
1922#526140
1921#532137
1920#609107
1919#480156
1918#498144
1917#481142
1916#509123
1915#503122
1914#54681
1913#56060
1912#48167
1911#60525
1910#70718
1909#75614
1908#61318
1907#66415
1906#64014
1905#61515
1904#56616
1903#65612
1902#7949
1901#7798
1900#57818
1899#7149
1898#54315
1897#58413
1896#50017
1895#9786
1894#52115
1893#50914
1892#8617
1891#7008
1890#53313
1889#7228
1888#7049
1887
1886#6948
1885#6419
1884#8486
1883
1882
1881#7067
1880#6828
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Justin was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Justin
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 34 spots since 2024 (#199#233)
  • 68 spots since 2020 (#165#233)
  • 123 spots since 2015 (#110#233)
  • Biggest jump: 478 spots in 1896 (#978#500)
  • Biggest drop: 457 spots in 1895 (#521#978)
Rise & fade · boys
108 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1988 at #7 (35,055 births)
  • Births halved by 2001, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: 4 yrs · run 1987–1990
  • Top 100: 43 yrs · run 1972–2014
  • Top 1,000: 143 yrs · run 1888–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 55
  • Highest: 1 in 55 boys born in 1988 were named Justin (1.8%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,130 boys born in 2025 (0.09%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 36.7% of all boys named Justin (289,825) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s55#641 (1885)#714
1890s117#500 (1896)#644
1900s139#566 (1904)#666
1910s938#480 (1919)#537
1920s1,292#489 (1924)#544
1930s819#564 (1930)#671
1940s1,216#507 (1949)#582
1950s2,295#429 (1959)#503
1960s6,706#167 (1969)#319
1970s86,539#22 (1979)#55
1980s289,825#7 (1988)#12
1990s220,135#9 (1990)#18
2000s122,991#19 (2000)#34
2010s45,603#50 (2010)#101
2020s11,799#165 (2020)#190

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.

Justin in 1974

girls
#2,100
39 births · 1 in 37,629 girls
boys
#43
7,429 births · 1 in 212 boys

Top girls' names in 1974

  1. #1Jennifer63,107
  2. #2Amy29,566
  3. #3Michelle25,826
  4. #4Heather23,179
  5. #5Angela22,803
  6. #6Kimberly22,427
  7. #7Melissa22,166
  8. #8Lisa19,778
  9. #9Stephanie16,984
  10. #10Rebecca15,163
  11. #2,100Justin39

Top boys' names in 1974

  1. #1Michael67,534
  2. #2Jason54,756
  3. #3Christopher48,585
  4. #4David41,786
  5. #5James41,334
  6. #6John37,612
  7. #7Robert37,005
  8. #8Brian34,449
  9. #9Matthew27,194
  10. #10William26,980
  11. #43Justin7,429
More about 1974

girls

1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 37,629 of them was named Justin, which outranked 79.5% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Justin
  1. #2,066Tiffini40
  2. #2,066Tiffney40
  3. #2,066Zabrina40
  4. #2,100Justin39
  5. #2,100Aliza39
  6. #2,100Carlee39
  7. #2,100Caron39
  8. #2,133Adelaida38
  9. #2,133Anastacia38
  10. #2,133Angelle38

Tied with 32 names at #2,100; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. 6,440Nakia#6,666#226
  2. 5,329Nikia#6,080#751
  3. 1,994Luciana#2,914#920
  4. 1,556Cortney#2,349#793
  5. 1,213Nia#1,885#672
Fallers
  1. 1,251Contina#962#2,213
  2. 396Pam#990#1,386
  3. 376Tracee#536#912
  4. 364Cher#760#1,124
  5. 314Richard#904#1,218

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,572,334 boys got a published name in 1974; 1 in 212 of them was named Justin, which outranked 99.3% of the 6,004 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Justin
  1. #40Edward7,817
  2. #41Donald7,758
  3. #42Ronald7,667
  4. #43Justin7,429
  5. #44Keith7,390
  6. #45Bryan7,226
  7. #46Benjamin7,183
Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. 3,544Rashad#4,505#961
  2. 844Telly#1,312#468
  3. 398Jabari#1,312#914
  4. 356Ahmad#1,123#767
  5. 356Toma#1,238#882
Fallers
  1. 383Parrish#987#1,370
  2. 378Fredric#957#1,335
  3. 346Jory#753#1,099
  4. 301Vidal#834#1,135
  5. 277Pat#847#1,124

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1974