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
- Peak · boys
- 1988 · 35,055 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 43 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 790,469since 1880
Justin over time
Rank among boys' names. 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 | — | #233 | 1,512 | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | #199 | 1,796 |
| 2023 | — | #185 | 1,934 | |
| 2022 | — | #181 | 2,079 | |
| 2021 | — | #179 | 2,166 | |
| 2020 | — | #165 | 2,312 | |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | #154 | 2,545 |
| 2018 | — | #141 | 2,809 | |
| 2017 | — | #127 | 3,155 | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #112 | 3,569 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #110 | 3,726 |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #96 | 4,033 |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 | #85 | 4,875 |
| 2012 | #7,456 | 16 | #74 | 5,906 |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 | #59 | 7,129 |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 | #50 | 7,856 |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 | #46 | 8,631 |
| 2008 | #6,350 | 21 | #44 | 9,365 |
| 2007 | #7,733 | 16 | #45 | 10,049 |
| 2006 | #7,482 | 16 | #45 | 9,973 |
| 2005 | #6,245 | 19 | #36 | 10,518 |
| 2004 | #3,071 | 50 | #30 | 11,879 |
| 2003 | #4,307 | 30 | #27 | 13,655 |
| 2002 | #3,889 | 33 | #22 | 14,906 |
| 2001 | #3,549 | 37 | #22 | 16,231 |
| 2000 | #2,940 | 48 | #19 | 17,784 |
| 1999 | #2,703 | 51 | #20 | 18,277 |
| 1998 | #2,691 | 50 | #20 | 17,971 |
| 1997 | #3,224 | 36 | #20 | 18,745 |
| 1996 | #2,282 | 58 | #20 | 20,015 |
| 1995 | #1,802 | 79 | #18 | 21,581 |
| 1994 | #2,124 | 64 | #20 | 20,940 |
| 1993 | #1,898 | 74 | #20 | 21,540 |
| 1992 | #1,713 | 87 | #18 | 23,620 |
| 1991 | #1,485 | 106 | #14 | 26,797 |
| 1990 | #1,214 | 139 | #9 | 30,649 |
| 1989 | #915 | 198 | #8 | 32,852 |
| 1988 | #780 | 241 | #7 | 35,055 |
| 1987 | #716 | 253 | #9 | 31,491 |
| 1986 | #729 | 244 | #14 | 26,638 |
| 1985 | #880 | 182 | #15 | 25,537 |
| 1984 | #851 | 180 | #13 | 26,769 |
| 1983 | #751 | 217 | #12 | 28,298 |
| 1982 | #801 | 201 | #12 | 29,115 |
| 1981 | #853 | 182 | #12 | 27,307 |
| 1980 | #925 | 161 | #13 | 26,763 |
| 1979 | #1,080 | 127 | #22 | 17,390 |
| 1978 | #1,104 | 118 | #28 | 14,183 |
| 1977 | #1,596 | 67 | #30 | 12,008 |
| 1976 | #1,523 | 67 | #33 | 10,144 |
| 1975 | #1,527 | 66 | #37 | 8,897 |
| 1974 | #2,100 | 39 | #43 | 7,429 |
| 1973 | #2,064 | 39 | #51 | 6,078 |
| 1972 | #2,680 | 26 | #60 | 4,975 |
| 1971 | #3,373 | 19 | #103 | 3,053 |
| 1970 | #2,779 | 25 | #138 | 2,382 |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 | #167 | 1,664 |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 | #211 | 1,109 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | #293 | 623 |
| 1966 | — | #336 | 505 | |
| 1965 | — | #354 | 459 | |
| 1964 | — | #355 | 491 | |
| 1963 | — | #349 | 499 | |
| 1962 | — | #348 | 510 | |
| 1961 | — | #362 | 484 | |
| 1960 | — | #418 | 362 | |
| 1959 | — | #429 | 347 | |
| 1958 | — | #449 | 304 | |
| 1957 | — | #448 | 297 | |
| 1956 | — | #455 | 279 | |
| 1955 | — | #470 | 246 | |
| 1954 | — | #499 | 213 | |
| 1953 | — | #542 | 172 | |
| 1952 | — | #532 | 174 | |
| 1951 | — | #598 | 135 | |
| 1950 | — | #604 | 128 | |
| 1949 | — | #507 | 173 | |
| 1948 | — | #569 | 137 | |
| 1947 | — | #553 | 148 | |
| 1946 | — | #540 | 141 | |
| 1945 | — | #540 | 122 | |
| 1944 | — | #595 | 106 | |
| 1943 | — | #615 | 105 | |
| 1942 | — | #609 | 107 | |
| 1941 | — | #628 | 93 | |
| 1940 | — | #659 | 84 | |
| 1939 | — | #610 | 90 | |
| 1938 | — | #648 | 85 | |
| 1937 | — | #706 | 72 | |
| 1936 | — | #780 | 61 | |
| 1935 | — | #725 | 71 | |
| 1934 | — | #742 | 68 | |
| 1933 | — | #582 | 99 | |
| 1932 | — | #668 | 83 | |
| 1931 | — | #684 | 77 | |
| 1930 | — | #564 | 113 | |
| 1929 | — | #575 | 108 | |
| 1928 | — | #554 | 121 | |
| 1927 | — | #518 | 139 | |
| 1926 | — | #543 | 125 | |
| 1925 | — | #534 | 132 | |
| 1924 | — | #489 | 161 | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #564 | 122 |
| 1922 | — | #526 | 140 | |
| 1921 | — | #532 | 137 | |
| 1920 | — | #609 | 107 | |
| 1919 | — | #480 | 156 | |
| 1918 | — | #498 | 144 | |
| 1917 | — | #481 | 142 | |
| 1916 | — | #509 | 123 | |
| 1915 | — | #503 | 122 | |
| 1914 | — | #546 | 81 | |
| 1913 | — | #560 | 60 | |
| 1912 | — | #481 | 67 | |
| 1911 | — | #605 | 25 | |
| 1910 | — | #707 | 18 | |
| 1909 | — | #756 | 14 | |
| 1908 | — | #613 | 18 | |
| 1907 | — | #664 | 15 | |
| 1906 | — | #640 | 14 | |
| 1905 | — | #615 | 15 | |
| 1904 | — | #566 | 16 | |
| 1903 | — | #656 | 12 | |
| 1902 | — | #794 | 9 | |
| 1901 | — | #779 | 8 | |
| 1900 | — | #578 | 18 | |
| 1899 | — | #714 | 9 | |
| 1898 | — | #543 | 15 | |
| 1897 | — | #584 | 13 | |
| 1896 | — | #500 | 17 | |
| 1895 | — | #978 | 6 | |
| 1894 | — | #521 | 15 | |
| 1893 | — | #509 | 14 | |
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1890 | — | #533 | 13 | |
| 1889 | — | #722 | 8 | |
| 1888 | — | #704 | 9 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #694 | 8 | |
| 1885 | — | #641 | 9 | |
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #706 | 7 | |
| 1880 | — | #682 | 8 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1988 at #7 (35,055 births)
- Births halved by 2001, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: 4 yrs · run 1987–1990
- Top 100: 43 yrs · run 1972–2014
- Top 1,000: 143 yrs · run 1888–2025
- Highest: 1 in 55 boys born in 1988 were named Justin (1.8%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,130 boys born in 2025 (0.09%)
- 36.7% of all boys named Justin (289,825) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 55 | #641 (1885) | #714 |
| 1890s | 117 | #500 (1896) | #644 |
| 1900s | 139 | #566 (1904) | #666 |
| 1910s | 938 | #480 (1919) | #537 |
| 1920s | 1,292 | #489 (1924) | #544 |
| 1930s | 819 | #564 (1930) | #671 |
| 1940s | 1,216 | #507 (1949) | #582 |
| 1950s | 2,295 | #429 (1959) | #503 |
| 1960s | 6,706 | #167 (1969) | #319 |
| 1970s | 86,539 | #22 (1979) | #55 |
| 1980s | 289,825 | #7 (1988) | #12 |
| 1990s | 220,135 | #9 (1990) | #18 |
| 2000s | 122,991 | #19 (2000) | #34 |
| 2010s | 45,603 | #50 (2010) | #101 |
| 2020s | 11,799 | #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 1990
Top girls' names in 1990
Top boys' names in 1990
More about 1990
girls
1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 13,659 of them was named Justin, which outranked 92.0% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,208Katarina140
- #1,208Tristan140
- #1,208Viridiana140
- #1,214Justin139
- #1,214Audriana139
- #1,214Ileana139
- #1,214Rosanna139
- #1,219Cheri138
- #1,219Essence138
- #1,219Paloma138
Tied with 4 names at #1,214; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 67 of them was named Justin, which outranked 99.9% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.