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

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Peak · boys
1988 · 179 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,056
since 1966

Justen over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Justen has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201984peak #699, 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—#7,67910
2024—#7,76510
2023—#10,8216
2022—#9,8237
2021—#6,69812
2020—#5,69915
2019—#5,34017
2018—#7,61710
2017—#4,74620
2016—#6,34913
2015—#4,40722
2014—#5,06618
2013—#4,18023
2012—#3,17935
2011—#2,79842
2010—#2,42951
2009—#2,70245
2008—#2,06267
2007—#2,33755
2006—#2,15060
2005—#2,16356
2004—#1,76371
2003—#2,03156
2002—#1,47486
2001—#1,47283
2000—#1,290100
1999—#1,181109
1998—#1,032131
1997—#1,083117
1996—#955135
1995—#913147
1994—#943137
1993—#1,000119
1992—#923132
1991—#819159
1990—#726197
1989—#785160
1988—#699179
1987—#763144
1986#10,9125#896103
1985—#845113
1984—#835110
1983—#727141
1982—#788125
1981—#890100
1980—#878103
1979—#97682
1978—#1,12161
1977—#1,22152
1976—#1,17953
1975—#1,55933
1974—#1,69228
1973—#1,48533
1972—#2,53414
1971—#2,97311
1970—#2,62113
1969—#2,86110
1968—#2,9079
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1966—#3,5376
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First appearance
1966

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 1984

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #289 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,514 boysMNIllinois: #857 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 16,373 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedWIMichigan: #494 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 7,962 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedINOhio: #552 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 10,932 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #801 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 14,158 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedNEMissouri: #349 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,456 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedHITexas: #1,044 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 20,401 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Justen, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Minnesota#289 · 1 in 4,514
  2. Missouri#349 · 1 in 4,456
  3. Michigan#494 · 1 in 7,962
  4. Ohio#552 · 1 in 10,932
  5. California#801 · 1 in 14,158

Best ever in a state: #272 in Utah, 1980.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Minnesota#28971 in 4,514
Missouri#34981 in 4,456
Michigan#49481 in 7,962
Ohio#55271 in 10,932
California#801151 in 14,158
Illinois#85751 in 16,373
Texas#1,04471 in 20,401
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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 Justen
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1966
  • Peaked 1988 at #699 (179 births)
  • Births halved by 2001, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 18 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1979–1996
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,427
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 34.1% of all boys named Justen (1,383) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s25#2,861 (1969)#3,102
1970s380#976 (1979)#1,736
1980s1,278#699 (1988)#811
1990s1,383#726 (1990)#958
2000s679#1,290 (2000)#1,944
2010s251#2,429 (2010)#4,611
2020s60#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 1984

boys
#835
110 births · 1 in 16,408 boys

Top boys' names in 1984

  1. #1Michael67,735
  2. #2Christopher60,021
  3. #3Matthew49,767
  4. #4Joshua40,266
  5. #5David38,492
  6. #6Daniel36,531
  7. #7James35,859
  8. #8John32,610
  9. #9Robert31,768
  10. #10Joseph30,513
  11. #835Justen110
More about 1984

boys

1,804,848 boys got a published name in 1984; 1 in 16,408 of them was named Justen, which outranked 88.6% of the 7,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Justen
  1. #830Jedidiah111
  2. #830Raymundo111
  3. #830Ulysses111
  4. #835Justen110
  5. #835Aldo110
  6. #835Gregorio110
  7. #835Kraig110
  8. #840Amanda109
  9. #840Devan109
  10. #840Stephon109

Tied with 4 names at #835; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. ↑ 958Ryne#1,562 → #604
  2. ↑ 472Rachel#1,448 → #976
  3. ↑ 399Zebulon#1,375 → #976
  4. ↑ 359Travon#1,327 → #968
  5. ↑ 347Mackenzie#1,347 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 741Trumaine#949 → #1,690
  2. ↓ 422Basil#1,000 → #1,422
  3. ↓ 240Alfonzo#1,000 → #1,240
  4. ↓ 208Jasen#804 → #1,012
  5. ↓ 205Woodrow#949 → #1,154

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

See the top 100 for 1984 →