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
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 11 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,140since 1880
Justus over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | #11,932 | 7 | #1,942 | 79 |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | #1,809 | 90 |
| 2023 | #7,247 | 15 | #1,309 | 146 |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | #1,330 | 141 |
| 2021 | #6,691 | 17 | #1,152 | 174 |
| 2020 | #6,083 | 19 | #1,153 | 168 |
| 2019 | #6,414 | 18 | #1,057 | 193 |
| 2018 | #5,454 | 23 | #964 | 215 |
| 2017 | #5,338 | 24 | #996 | 203 |
| 2016 | #6,186 | 20 | #911 | 236 |
| 2015 | #5,288 | 25 | #859 | 262 |
| 2014 | #5,993 | 21 | #817 | 278 |
| 2013 | #4,645 | 30 | #811 | 270 |
| 2012 | #5,710 | 23 | #778 | 291 |
| 2011 | #5,935 | 22 | #849 | 251 |
| 2010 | #5,414 | 25 | #845 | 250 |
| 2009 | #4,571 | 32 | #784 | 289 |
| 2008 | #4,761 | 31 | #787 | 278 |
| 2007 | #6,552 | 20 | #746 | 300 |
| 2006 | #5,383 | 25 | #731 | 294 |
| 2005 | #3,730 | 39 | #729 | 277 |
| 2004 | #3,898 | 36 | #731 | 258 |
| 2003 | #4,109 | 32 | #775 | 225 |
| 2002 | #3,461 | 39 | #646 | 297 |
| 2001 | #4,107 | 30 | #689 | 261 |
| 2000 | #3,664 | 35 | #692 | 255 |
| 1999 | #4,576 | 24 | #665 | 257 |
| 1998 | #5,363 | 19 | #717 | 231 |
| 1997 | #5,417 | 18 | #683 | 236 |
| 1996 | #3,028 | 39 | #666 | 248 |
| 1995 | #2,788 | 43 | #721 | 219 |
| 1994 | #2,988 | 39 | #840 | 162 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | #1,060 | 109 |
| 1992 | — | #1,197 | 87 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,467 | 60 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,809 | 43 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,919 | 38 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,146 | 29 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,655 | 41 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,360 | 23 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,544 | 42 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,842 | 30 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,253 | 54 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,395 | 46 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,500 | 41 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,291 | 52 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,570 | 37 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,487 | 39 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,546 | 36 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,427 | 39 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #1,704 | 29 |
| 1974 | — | #1,471 | 35 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,216 | 18 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,080 | 19 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,973 | 11 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,724 | 5 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,935 | 6 | |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,986 | 8 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,270 | 13 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,854 | 9 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,539 | 11 | |
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | #2,409 | 12 | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | #3,988 | 5 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,265 | 13 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,552 | 6 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,497 | 11 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,886 | 5 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,743 | 9 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,143 | 7 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,680 | 9 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,135 | 13 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,329 | 6 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,453 | 10 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,316 | 6 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,076 | 14 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,534 | 9 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,445 | 21 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,080 | 12 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,732 | 8 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,386 | 10 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,656 | 8 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,671 | 8 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,159 | 11 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,185 | 11 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,332 | 10 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,964 | 13 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,719 | 8 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,266 | 11 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,093 | 12 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,191 | 12 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,328 | 11 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,079 | 14 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,199 | 13 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,048 | 15 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,034 | 16 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,911 | 17 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,935 | 17 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,675 | 22 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,502 | 25 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,396 | 28 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,412 | 28 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,457 | 26 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,386 | 27 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,499 | 24 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,291 | 28 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,374 | 25 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,306 | 26 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,260 | 22 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,075 | 22 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,527 | 11 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | #910 | 7 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | #779 | 8 | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #652 | 9 | |
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | #571 | 11 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #571 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1994–2018
- 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
- 29.9% of all boys named Justus (2,734) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 37 | #571 (1880) | #755 |
| 1890s | 15 | #994 (1890) | #1,042 |
| 1900s | 20 | #779 (1901) | #942 |
| 1910s | 196 | #1,075 (1913) | #1,384 |
| 1920s | 207 | #1,396 (1922) | #1,757 |
| 1930s | 113 | #1,964 (1936) | #2,232 |
| 1940s | 106 | #1,445 (1945) | #2,435 |
| 1950s | 84 | #2,135 (1951) | #3,022 |
| 1960s | 65 | #2,270 (1965) | #2,936 |
| 1970s | 268 | #1,427 (1976) | #2,120 |
| 1980s | 396 | #1,253 (1983) | #1,691 |
| 1990s | 1,652 | #665 (1999) | #983 |
| 2000s | 2,734 | #646 (2002) | #731 |
| 2010s | 2,449 | #778 (2012) | #889 |
| 2020s | 798 | #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 2023
Top girls' names in 2023
Top boys' names in 2023
More about 2023
girls
1,604,582 girls got a published name in 2023; 1 in 106,972 of them was named Justus, which outranked 58.9% of the 17,615 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,922Zo16
- #6,922Zolani16
- #6,922Zyiah16
- #7,247Justus15
- #7,247Aafiya15
- #7,247Aamina15
- #7,247Aaminah15
- #7,640Aadhini14
- #7,640Aaisha14
- #7,640Aamiyah14
Tied with 392 names at #7,247; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,710,576 boys got a published name in 2023; 1 in 11,716 of them was named Justus, which outranked 90.8% of the 14,215 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,300Mayson147
- #1,300Rayyan147
- #1,300Sami147
- #1,309Justus146
- #1,309Bentlee146
- #1,309Bernardo146
- #1,309Marcello146
- #1,315Benton145
- #1,315Cove145
- #1,315Eliyahu145
Tied with 5 names at #1,309; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.