Justen
Last seen for girls in 1986 at #10,912 · #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1988 · 179 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,056since 1966
Justen over time
Rank among boys' names. Justen has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #7,679 | 10 | |
| 2024 | — | #7,765 | 10 | |
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | #9,823 | 7 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,698 | 12 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,699 | 15 | |
| 2019 | — | #5,340 | 17 | |
| 2018 | — | #7,617 | 10 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,746 | 20 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,349 | 13 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,407 | 22 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,066 | 18 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,180 | 23 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,179 | 35 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,798 | 42 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,429 | 51 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,702 | 45 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,062 | 67 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,337 | 55 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,150 | 60 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,163 | 56 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,763 | 71 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,031 | 56 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,474 | 86 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,472 | 83 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,290 | 100 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,181 | 109 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,032 | 131 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,083 | 117 | |
| 1996 | — | #955 | 135 | |
| 1995 | — | #913 | 147 | |
| 1994 | — | #943 | 137 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,000 | 119 | |
| 1992 | — | #923 | 132 | |
| 1991 | — | #819 | 159 | |
| 1990 | — | #726 | 197 | |
| 1989 | — | #785 | 160 | |
| 1988 | — | #699 | 179 | |
| 1987 | — | #763 | 144 | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #896 | 103 |
| 1985 | — | #845 | 113 | |
| 1984 | — | #835 | 110 | |
| 1983 | — | #727 | 141 | |
| 1982 | — | #788 | 125 | |
| 1981 | — | #890 | 100 | |
| 1980 | — | #878 | 103 | |
| 1979 | — | #976 | 82 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,121 | 61 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,221 | 52 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,179 | 53 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,559 | 33 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,692 | 28 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,485 | 33 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,534 | 14 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,973 | 11 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,621 | 13 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,861 | 10 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,907 | 9 | |
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| 1966 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Justen! It came in at #3,537, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1967, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Justen is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Minnesota#339 · 1 in 5,474
- Washington#479 · 1 in 6,353
- Ohio#551 · 1 in 11,520
- Michigan#579 · 1 in 10,935
- Florida#717 · 1 in 10,492
Best ever in a state: #272 in Utah, 1980.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Minnesota | #339 | 6 | 1 in 5,474 |
| Washington | #479 | 5 | 1 in 6,353 |
| Ohio | #551 | 7 | 1 in 11,520 |
| Michigan | #579 | 6 | 1 in 10,935 |
| Florida | #717 | 6 | 1 in 10,492 |
| Illinois | #796 | 6 | 1 in 14,105 |
| California | #942 | 11 | 1 in 18,262 |
| Texas | #1,132 | 6 | 1 in 22,956 |
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See more about Justen
- 86 spots since 2024 (#7,765 → #7,679)
- 1,980 spots since 2020 (#5,699 → #7,679)
- 3,272 spots since 2015 (#4,407 → #7,679)
- Biggest jump: 145 spots in 1979 (#1,121 → #976)
- Biggest drop: 128 spots in 1997 (#955 → #1,083)
- Debuted 1966
- Peaked 1988 at #699 (179 births)
- Births halved by 2001, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1979–1996
- Highest: 1 in 10,427 boys born in 1990 were named Justen (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #699 in 1988, was only 1 in 10,694 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 34.1% of all boys named Justen (1,383) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25 | #2,861 (1969) | #3,102 |
| 1970s | 380 | #976 (1979) | #1,736 |
| 1980s | 1,278 | #699 (1988) | #811 |
| 1990s | 1,383 | #726 (1990) | #958 |
| 2000s | 679 | #1,290 (2000) | #1,944 |
| 2010s | 251 | #2,429 (2010) | #4,611 |
| 2020s | 60 | #5,699 (2020) | #8,081 |
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.
Justen in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 17,912 of them was named Justen, which outranked 87.8% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).