Justus

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · #1,942 for boys in 2025, 79 births
Given to boys 91.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1880 · 11 births
Debut · boys
11 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
9,140
since 1880

Justus over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202010peak #2,788, 1995peak #571, 1880girlsboys
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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#11,9327#1,94279
2024#10,2719#1,80990
2023#7,24715#1,309146
2022#13,5926#1,330141
2021#6,69117#1,152174
2020#6,08319#1,153168
2019#6,41418#1,057193
2018#5,45423#964215
2017#5,33824#996203
2016#6,18620#911236
2015#5,28825#859262
2014#5,99321#817278
2013#4,64530#811270
2012#5,71023#778291
2011#5,93522#849251
2010#5,41425#845250
2009#4,57132#784289
2008#4,76131#787278
2007#6,55220#746300
2006#5,38325#731294
2005#3,73039#729277
2004#3,89836#731258
2003#4,10932#775225
2002#3,46139#646297
2001#4,10730#689261
2000#3,66435#692255
1999#4,57624#665257
1998#5,36319#717231
1997#5,41718#683236
1996#3,02839#666248
1995#2,78843#721219
1994#2,98839#840162
1993#9,5598#1,060109
1992#1,19787
1991#1,46760
1990#1,80943
1989#1,91938
1988#2,14629
1987#1,65541
1986#2,36023
1985#1,54442
1984#1,84230
1983#1,25354
1982#1,39546
1981#1,50041
1980#1,29152
1979#1,57037
1978#1,48739
1977#1,54636
1976#1,42739
1975#9,0675#1,70429
1974#1,47135
1973#2,21618
1972#2,08019
1971#2,97311
1970#4,7245
1969#3,9356
1968
1967#3,5596
1966#2,9868
1965#2,27013
1964#2,8549
1963#2,53911
1962
1961#2,40912
1960
1959#3,9885
1958#2,26513
1957#3,5526
1956#2,49711
1955#3,8865
1954#2,7439
1953#3,1437
1952#2,6809
1951#2,13513
1950#3,3296
1949#2,45310
1948#3,3166
1947#2,07614
1946#2,5349
1945#1,44521
1944#2,08012
1943#2,7328
1942#2,38610
1941#2,6568
1940#2,6718
1939#2,15911
1938#2,18511
1937#2,33210
1936#1,96413
1935#2,7198
1934#2,26611
1933#2,09312
1932#2,19112
1931#2,32811
1930#2,07914
1929#2,19913
1928#2,04815
1927#2,03416
1926#1,91117
1925#1,93517
1924#1,67522
1923#1,50225
1922#1,39628
1921#1,41228
1920#1,45726
1919#1,38627
1918#1,49924
1917#1,29128
1916#1,37425
1915#1,30626
1914#1,26022
1913#1,07522
1912#1,52711
1911#1,5376
1910#1,5895
1909
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904
1903#9107
1902#1,1375
1901#7798
1900
1899
1898
1897#1,0575
1896
1895
1894#1,0745
1893
1892
1891
1890#9945
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885#8366
1884#8486
1883
1882#6529
1881#8665
1880#57111
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Justus was already there! It came in at #571, and was given to 11 baby boys.


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

See more about Justus
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 133 spots since 2024 (#1,809#1,942)
  • 789 spots since 2020 (#1,153#1,942)
  • 1,083 spots since 2015 (#859#1,942)
  • Biggest jump: 227 spots in 1903 (#1,137#910)
  • Biggest drop: 358 spots in 1902 (#779#1,137)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #571 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 33 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1994–2018
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,519
  • Highest: 1 in 6,519 boys born in 2012 were named Justus (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 21,621 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #571 in 1880, was only 1 in 10,045 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 29.9% of all boys named Justus (2,734) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s37#571 (1880)#755
1890s15#994 (1890)#1,042
1900s20#779 (1901)#942
1910s196#1,075 (1913)#1,384
1920s207#1,396 (1922)#1,757
1930s113#1,964 (1936)#2,232
1940s106#1,445 (1945)#2,435
1950s84#2,135 (1951)#3,022
1960s65#2,270 (1965)#2,936
1970s268#1,427 (1976)#2,120
1980s396#1,253 (1983)#1,691
1990s1,652#665 (1999)#983
2000s2,734#646 (2002)#731
2010s2,449#778 (2012)#889
2020s798#1,152 (2021)#1,449

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.

Justus in 2010

girls
#5,414
25 births · 1 in 71,104 girls
boys
#845
250 births · 1 in 7,675 boys

Top girls' names in 2010

  1. #1Isabella22,936
  2. #2Sophia20,656
  3. #3Emma17,366
  4. #4Olivia17,040
  5. #5Ava15,444
  6. #6Emily14,281
  7. #7Abigail14,257
  8. #8Madison13,196
  9. #9Chloe11,765
  10. #10Mia10,650
  11. #5,414Justus25

Top boys' names in 2010

  1. #1Jacob22,157
  2. #2Ethan18,020
  3. #3Michael17,387
  4. #4Jayden17,203
  5. #5William17,072
  6. #6Alexander16,769
  7. #7Noah16,481
  8. #8Daniel15,869
  9. #9Aiden15,547
  10. #10Anthony15,511
  11. #845Justus250
More about 2010

girls

1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 71,104 of them was named Justus, which outranked 72.7% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Justus
  1. #5,247Zurie26
  2. #5,247Zurisadai26
  3. #5,247Zyanna26
  4. #5,414Justus25
  5. #5,414Aaralynn25
  6. #5,414Abcde25
  7. #5,414Adaly25
  8. #5,602Aasiyah24
  9. #5,602Afnan24
  10. #5,602Ahlam24

Tied with 187 names at #5,414; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. 2,433Tenley#2,892#459
  2. 2,126Elin#2,852#726
  3. 664Jordynn#1,353#689
  4. 623Kynlee#1,509#886
  5. 513Farrah#1,063#550
Fallers
  1. 502Calleigh#834#1,336
  2. 491Marely#851#1,342
  3. 477Analia#331#808
  4. 417Destiney#900#1,317
  5. 326Dayanara#810#1,136

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

boys

1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 7,675 of them was named Justus, which outranked 94.1% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Justus
  1. #841Blaze251
  2. #841Malaki251
  3. #841Randall251
  4. #845Justus250
  5. #845Bentlee250
  6. #845Brogan250
  7. #845Callum250
  8. #851Agustin249
  9. #851Rey249
  10. #851Ronin249

Tied with 5 names at #845; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. 2,631Bentlee#3,476#845
  2. 1,735Jencarlos#2,663#928
  3. 1,536Bently#2,203#667
  4. 940Callen#1,638#698
  5. 892Bode#1,665#773
Fallers
  1. 314Dereon#953#1,267
  2. 290Aaden#271#561
  3. 248Landin#935#1,183
  4. 229Rigoberto#920#1,149
  5. 191Dillan#793#984

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

See the top 100 for 2010