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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201975peak #7, 1988boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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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.

Where Justin is popular in 1975

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #33 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 112 boysAKMaine: #38 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 126 boysMEVermont: #18 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 67 boysVTNew Hampshire: #33 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 112 boysNHWashington: #23 for boys · 267 births · 1 in 87 boysWAIdaho: #14 for boys · 109 births · 1 in 62 boysIDMontana: #10 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 47 boysMTNorth Dakota: #21 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 83 boysNDMinnesota: #33 for boys · 225 births · 1 in 119 boysMNIllinois: #49 for boys · 348 births · 1 in 225 boysILWisconsin: #44 for boys · 181 births · 1 in 171 boysWIMichigan: #49 for boys · 291 births · 1 in 213 boysMINew York: #52 for boys · 448 births · 1 in 251 boysNYMassachusetts: #40 for boys · 221 births · 1 in 150 boysMARhode Island: #33 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 128 boysRIOregon: #20 for boys · 207 births · 1 in 76 boysORNevada: #23 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 89 boysNVWyoming: #5 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 34 boysWYSouth Dakota: #17 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 63 boysSDIowa: #25 for boys · 222 births · 1 in 88 boysIAIndiana: #44 for boys · 225 births · 1 in 174 boysINOhio: #51 for boys · 337 births · 1 in 227 boysOHPennsylvania: #45 for boys · 405 births · 1 in 177 boysPANew Jersey: #41 for boys · 216 births · 1 in 191 boysNJConnecticut: #40 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 154 boysCTCalifornia: #31 for boys · 1,050 births · 1 in 145 boysCAUtah: #9 for boys · 284 births · 1 in 51 boysUTColorado: #19 for boys · 226 births · 1 in 83 boysCONebraska: #24 for boys · 127 births · 1 in 85 boysNEMissouri: #34 for boys · 246 births · 1 in 134 boysMOKentucky: #77 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 371 boysKYWest Virginia: #65 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 303 boysWVVirginia: #50 for boys · 136 births · 1 in 227 boysVAMaryland: #50 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 235 boysMDDelaware: #81 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 413 boysDEArizona: #28 for boys · 149 births · 1 in 117 boysAZNew Mexico: #25 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 122 boysNMKansas: #14 for boys · 231 births · 1 in 64 boysKSArkansas: #29 for boys · 120 births · 1 in 124 boysARTennessee: #61 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 253 boysTNNorth Carolina: #76 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 393 boysNCSouth Carolina: #81 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 381 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #52 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 213 boysDCOklahoma: #12 for boys · 270 births · 1 in 69 boysOKLouisiana: #88 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 413 boysLAMississippi: #67 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 315 boysMSAlabama: #65 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 296 boysALGeorgia: #65 for boys · 130 births · 1 in 280 boysGAHawaii: #38 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 163 boysHITexas: #40 for boys · 514 births · 1 in 208 boysTXFlorida: #43 for boys · 224 births · 1 in 214 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Wyoming#5 · 1 in 34
  2. Utah#9 · 1 in 51
  3. Montana#10 · 1 in 47
  4. Oklahoma#12 · 1 in 69
  5. Idaho#14 · 1 in 62

Best ever in a state: #1 in Alabama, 1988.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wyoming#5721 in 34
Utah#92841 in 51
Montana#101061 in 47
Oklahoma#122701 in 69
Idaho#141091 in 62
Kansas#142311 in 64
South Dakota#17751 in 63
Vermont#18401 in 67
Colorado#192261 in 83
Oregon#202071 in 76
North Dakota#21571 in 83
Nevada#23381 in 89
Washington#232671 in 87
Nebraska#241271 in 85
Iowa#252221 in 88
New Mexico#25721 in 122
Arizona#281491 in 117
Arkansas#291201 in 124
California#311,0501 in 145
Alaska#33251 in 112
Minnesota#332251 in 119
New Hampshire#33441 in 112
Rhode Island#33381 in 128
Missouri#342461 in 134
Hawaii#38371 in 163
Maine#38521 in 126
Connecticut#401061 in 154
Massachusetts#402211 in 150
Texas#405141 in 208
New Jersey#412161 in 191
Florida#432241 in 214
Indiana#442251 in 174
Wisconsin#441811 in 171
Pennsylvania#454051 in 177
Illinois#493481 in 225
Michigan#492911 in 213
Maryland#50881 in 235
Virginia#501361 in 227
Ohio#513371 in 227
District of Columbia#52361 in 213
New York#524481 in 251
Tennessee#611191 in 253
Alabama#65861 in 296
Georgia#651301 in 280
West Virginia#65431 in 303
Mississippi#67581 in 315
North Carolina#76931 in 393
Kentucky#77701 in 371
Delaware#8181 in 413
South Carolina#81521 in 381
Louisiana#88731 in 413

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1975

girls
#1,527
66 births · 1 in 22,089 girls
boys
#37
8,897 births · 1 in 175 boys

Top girls' names in 1975

  1. #1Jennifer58,190
  2. #2Amy32,254
  3. #3Heather24,301
  4. #4Melissa24,168
  5. #5Angela23,361
  6. #6Michelle22,665
  7. #7Kimberly20,257
  8. #8Lisa18,139
  9. #9Stephanie15,775
  10. #10Nicole14,275
  11. #1,527Justin66

Top boys' names in 1975

  1. #1Michael68,418
  2. #2Jason52,159
  3. #3Christopher46,575
  4. #4James39,569
  5. #5David39,156
  6. #6Robert35,306
  7. #7John35,079
  8. #8Brian30,578
  9. #9Matthew28,527
  10. #10William25,561
  11. #37Justin8,897
More about 1975

girls

1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 22,089 of them was named Justin, which outranked 85.6% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Justin
  1. #1,516Steffanie67
  2. #1,516Terese67
  3. #1,516Valentina67
  4. #1,527Justin66
  5. #1,527Ali66
  6. #1,527Blythe66
  7. #1,527Brett66
  8. #1,544Becki65
  9. #1,544Elicia65
  10. #1,544Jacy65

Tied with 16 names at #1,527; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. 1,732Pepper#2,683#951
  2. 1,666Mandie#2,396#730
  3. 1,140Tiana#1,772#632
  4. 779Lacy#1,486#707
  5. 719Lacey#1,284#565
Fallers
  1. 447Nia#672#1,119
  2. 429Alethea#716#1,145
  3. 404Cicely#608#1,012
  4. 307Elaina#994#1,301
  5. 303Cristin#938#1,241

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

boys

1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 175 of them was named Justin, which outranked 99.4% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Justin
  1. #34Stephen9,732
  2. #35Kenneth9,634
  3. #36Benjamin9,544
  4. #37Justin8,897
  5. #38Adam8,646
  6. #39Patrick8,053
  7. #40Sean7,582
Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. 722Benjiman#1,692#970
  2. 702Marques#1,520#818
  3. 645Glendon#1,409#764
  4. 502Benji#1,124#622
  5. 471Regan#1,409#938
Fallers
  1. 905Toma#882#1,787
  2. 830Vashon#923#1,753
  3. 352Bruno#993#1,345
  4. 327Hollis#953#1,280
  5. 303Domenico#977#1,280

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

See the top 100 for 1975