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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201995peak #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 1995

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #18 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 71 boysAKMaine: #26 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 88 boysMEVermont: #15 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 61 boysVTNew Hampshire: #24 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 84 boysNHWashington: #18 for boys · 374 births · 1 in 89 boysWAIdaho: #19 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 100 boysIDMontana: #10 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 64 boysMTNorth Dakota: #18 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 80 boysNDMinnesota: #25 for boys · 295 births · 1 in 96 boysMNIllinois: #22 for boys · 822 births · 1 in 101 boysILWisconsin: #21 for boys · 324 births · 1 in 91 boysWIMichigan: #16 for boys · 837 births · 1 in 72 boysMINew York: #14 for boys · 1,740 births · 1 in 70 boysNYMassachusetts: #27 for boys · 426 births · 1 in 88 boysMARhode Island: #19 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 62 boysRIOregon: #19 for boys · 232 births · 1 in 83 boysORNevada: #15 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 77 boysNVWyoming: #7 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 45 boysWYSouth Dakota: #23 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 86 boysSDIowa: #23 for boys · 165 births · 1 in 99 boysIAIndiana: #16 for boys · 463 births · 1 in 82 boysINOhio: #21 for boys · 874 births · 1 in 82 boysOHPennsylvania: #22 for boys · 873 births · 1 in 81 boysPANew Jersey: #17 for boys · 700 births · 1 in 71 boysNJConnecticut: #22 for boys · 255 births · 1 in 76 boysCTCalifornia: #20 for boys · 2,461 births · 1 in 106 boysCAUtah: #24 for boys · 173 births · 1 in 101 boysUTColorado: #22 for boys · 251 births · 1 in 97 boysCONebraska: #26 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 108 boysNEMissouri: #17 for boys · 454 births · 1 in 76 boysMOKentucky: #13 for boys · 386 births · 1 in 60 boysKYWest Virginia: #14 for boys · 148 births · 1 in 64 boysWVVirginia: #15 for boys · 578 births · 1 in 69 boysVAMaryland: #18 for boys · 420 births · 1 in 70 boysMDDelaware: #21 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 66 boysDEArizona: #19 for boys · 324 births · 1 in 100 boysAZNew Mexico: #14 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 85 boysNMKansas: #16 for boys · 176 births · 1 in 86 boysKSArkansas: #12 for boys · 241 births · 1 in 58 boysARTennessee: #12 for boys · 558 births · 1 in 62 boysTNNorth Carolina: #11 for boys · 708 births · 1 in 63 boysNCSouth Carolina: #11 for boys · 352 births · 1 in 57 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #26 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 104 boysDCOklahoma: #11 for boys · 273 births · 1 in 71 boysOKLouisiana: #11 for boys · 383 births · 1 in 71 boysLAMississippi: #8 for boys · 270 births · 1 in 56 boysMSAlabama: #10 for boys · 455 births · 1 in 54 boysALGeorgia: #13 for boys · 698 births · 1 in 69 boysGAHawaii: #6 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 56 boysHITexas: #13 for boys · 1,654 births · 1 in 93 boysTXFlorida: #18 for boys · 1,069 births · 1 in 79 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Hawaii#6 · 1 in 56
  2. Wyoming#7 · 1 in 45
  3. Mississippi#8 · 1 in 56
  4. Alabama#10 · 1 in 54
  5. Montana#10 · 1 in 64

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#61061 in 56
Wyoming#7441 in 45
Mississippi#82701 in 56
Alabama#104551 in 54
Montana#10641 in 64
Louisiana#113831 in 71
North Carolina#117081 in 63
Oklahoma#112731 in 71
South Carolina#113521 in 57
Arkansas#122411 in 58
Tennessee#125581 in 62
Georgia#136981 in 69
Kentucky#133861 in 60
Texas#131,6541 in 93
New Mexico#141261 in 85
New York#141,7401 in 70
West Virginia#141481 in 64
Nevada#151281 in 77
Vermont#15421 in 61
Virginia#155781 in 69
Indiana#164631 in 82
Kansas#161761 in 86
Michigan#168371 in 72
Missouri#174541 in 76
New Jersey#177001 in 71
Alaska#18511 in 71
Florida#181,0691 in 79
Maryland#184201 in 70
North Dakota#18481 in 80
Washington#183741 in 89
Arizona#193241 in 100
Idaho#19721 in 100
Oregon#192321 in 83
Rhode Island#19911 in 62
California#202,4611 in 106
Delaware#21611 in 66
Ohio#218741 in 82
Wisconsin#213241 in 91
Colorado#222511 in 97
Connecticut#222551 in 76
Illinois#228221 in 101
Pennsylvania#228731 in 81
Iowa#231651 in 99
South Dakota#23481 in 86
New Hampshire#24751 in 84
Utah#241731 in 101
Minnesota#252951 in 96
District of Columbia#26531 in 104
Maine#26671 in 88
Nebraska#26931 in 108
Massachusetts#274261 in 88

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 1995

girls
#1,802
79 births · 1 in 22,260 girls
boys
#18
21,581 births · 1 in 88 boys

Top girls' names in 1995

  1. #1Jessica27,941
  2. #2Ashley26,606
  3. #3Emily24,382
  4. #4Samantha21,644
  5. #5Sarah21,395
  6. #6Taylor20,426
  7. #7Hannah17,018
  8. #8Brittany16,477
  9. #9Amanda16,354
  10. #10Elizabeth16,192
  11. #1,802Justin79

Top boys' names in 1995

  1. #1Michael41,409
  2. #2Matthew32,882
  3. #3Christopher32,679
  4. #4Jacob31,134
  5. #5Joshua30,720
  6. #6Tyler29,161
  7. #7Nicholas29,160
  8. #8Brandon26,904
  9. #9Daniel26,728
  10. #10Austin25,908
  11. #18Justin21,581
More about 1995

girls

1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 22,260 of them was named Justin, which outranked 88.6% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Justin
  1. #1,787Sahara80
  2. #1,787Storm80
  3. #1,787Yareli80
  4. #1,802Justin79
  5. #1,802Allissa79
  6. #1,802Andriana79
  7. #1,802Babygirl79
  8. #1,819Aime78
  9. #1,819August78
  10. #1,819Briauna78

Tied with 16 names at #1,802; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,718Iridian#7,604 → #886
  2. ↑ 2,689Daija#3,615 → #926
  3. ↑ 2,119Lyric#2,752 → #633
  4. ↑ 1,910Daja#2,877 → #967
  5. ↑ 1,602Shania#2,047 → #445
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,205Nohely#896 → #2,101
  2. ↓ 1,048Zana#802 → #1,850
  3. ↓ 869Kadijah#512 → #1,381
  4. ↓ 609Clarisa#664 → #1,273
  5. ↓ 514Dayana#751 → #1,265

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

boys

1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 88 of them was named Justin, which outranked 99.8% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Justin
  1. #15Ryan23,089
  2. #16David23,045
  3. #17James22,739
  4. #18Justin21,581
  5. #19Anthony20,482
  6. #20William20,160
  7. #21Alexander19,456
Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,703Tristin#2,307 → #604
  2. ↑ 1,494Raekwon#2,082 → #588
  3. ↑ 1,357Tristian#2,219 → #862
  4. ↑ 1,269Triston#1,795 → #526
  5. ↑ 1,186Rashaan#2,123 → #937
Fallers
  1. ↓ 469Shyheim#817 → #1,286
  2. ↓ 335Ryne#897 → #1,232
  3. ↓ 251Daulton#792 → #1,043
  4. ↓ 247Demetri#886 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 242Jerrell#917 → #1,159

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

See the top 100 for 1995 →