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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201984peak #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 1984

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #13 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 59 boysAKMaine: #16 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 54 boysMEVermont: #6 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 36 boysVTNew Hampshire: #13 for boys · 121 births · 1 in 53 boysNHWashington: #12 for boys · 512 births · 1 in 61 boysWAIdaho: #8 for boys · 138 births · 1 in 56 boysIDMontana: #15 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 60 boysMTNorth Dakota: #10 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 54 boysNDMinnesota: #19 for boys · 482 births · 1 in 66 boysMNIllinois: #19 for boys · 1,081 births · 1 in 76 boysILWisconsin: #14 for boys · 624 births · 1 in 55 boysWIMichigan: #18 for boys · 1,039 births · 1 in 61 boysMINew York: #23 for boys · 1,400 births · 1 in 83 boysNYMassachusetts: #20 for boys · 537 births · 1 in 70 boysMARhode Island: #19 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 56 boysRIOregon: #16 for boys · 295 births · 1 in 63 boysORNevada: #15 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 60 boysNVWyoming: #6 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 43 boysWYSouth Dakota: #13 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 59 boysSDIowa: #8 for boys · 451 births · 1 in 45 boysIAIndiana: #9 for boys · 769 births · 1 in 49 boysINOhio: #17 for boys · 1,287 births · 1 in 59 boysOHPennsylvania: #15 for boys · 1,314 births · 1 in 58 boysPANew Jersey: #24 for boys · 479 births · 1 in 93 boysNJConnecticut: #15 for boys · 337 births · 1 in 57 boysCTCalifornia: #19 for boys · 2,375 births · 1 in 89 boysCAUtah: #13 for boys · 270 births · 1 in 65 boysUTColorado: #9 for boys · 426 births · 1 in 58 boysCONebraska: #10 for boys · 248 births · 1 in 48 boysNEMissouri: #10 for boys · 699 births · 1 in 51 boysMOKentucky: #10 for boys · 534 births · 1 in 46 boysKYWest Virginia: #6 for boys · 323 births · 1 in 36 boysWVVirginia: #14 for boys · 660 births · 1 in 54 boysVAMaryland: #14 for boys · 466 births · 1 in 57 boysMDDelaware: #19 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 68 boysDEArizona: #14 for boys · 362 births · 1 in 69 boysAZNew Mexico: #16 for boys · 153 births · 1 in 74 boysNMKansas: #8 for boys · 339 births · 1 in 51 boysKSArkansas: #6 for boys · 398 births · 1 in 38 boysARTennessee: #11 for boys · 647 births · 1 in 49 boysTNNorth Carolina: #14 for boys · 713 births · 1 in 55 boysNCSouth Carolina: #13 for boys · 341 births · 1 in 60 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #22 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 92 boysDCOklahoma: #7 for boys · 480 births · 1 in 50 boysOKLouisiana: #8 for boys · 615 births · 1 in 58 boysLAMississippi: #11 for boys · 300 births · 1 in 59 boysMSAlabama: #11 for boys · 487 births · 1 in 52 boysALGeorgia: #15 for boys · 667 births · 1 in 62 boysGAHawaii: #5 for boys · 160 births · 1 in 44 boysHITexas: #12 for boys · 2,105 births · 1 in 68 boysTXFlorida: #13 for boys · 1,109 births · 1 in 64 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Hawaii#5 · 1 in 44
  2. Vermont#6 · 1 in 36
  3. West Virginia#6 · 1 in 36
  4. Arkansas#6 · 1 in 38
  5. Wyoming#6 · 1 in 43

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#51601 in 44
Arkansas#63981 in 38
Vermont#6911 in 36
West Virginia#63231 in 36
Wyoming#6861 in 43
Oklahoma#74801 in 50
Idaho#81381 in 56
Iowa#84511 in 45
Kansas#83391 in 51
Louisiana#86151 in 58
Colorado#94261 in 58
Indiana#97691 in 49
Kentucky#105341 in 46
Missouri#106991 in 51
Nebraska#102481 in 48
North Dakota#101011 in 54
Alabama#114871 in 52
Mississippi#113001 in 59
Tennessee#116471 in 49
Texas#122,1051 in 68
Washington#125121 in 61
Alaska#13841 in 59
Florida#131,1091 in 64
New Hampshire#131211 in 53
South Carolina#133411 in 60
South Dakota#13891 in 59
Utah#132701 in 65
Arizona#143621 in 69
Maryland#144661 in 57
North Carolina#147131 in 55
Virginia#146601 in 54
Wisconsin#146241 in 55
Connecticut#153371 in 57
Georgia#156671 in 62
Montana#15961 in 60
Nevada#151021 in 60
Pennsylvania#151,3141 in 58
Maine#161351 in 54
New Mexico#161531 in 74
Oregon#162951 in 63
Ohio#171,2871 in 59
Michigan#181,0391 in 61
California#192,3751 in 89
Delaware#19571 in 68
Illinois#191,0811 in 76
Minnesota#194821 in 66
Rhode Island#191031 in 56
Massachusetts#205371 in 70
District of Columbia#22821 in 92
New York#231,4001 in 83
New Jersey#244791 in 93

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 1984

girls
#851
180 births · 1 in 9,355 girls
boys
#13
26,769 births · 1 in 67 boys

Top girls' names in 1984

  1. #1Jennifer50,564
  2. #2Jessica45,857
  3. #3Ashley38,773
  4. #4Amanda33,915
  5. #5Sarah25,887
  6. #6Stephanie23,025
  7. #7Nicole22,270
  8. #8Melissa21,896
  9. #9Heather21,489
  10. #10Elizabeth20,360
  11. #851Justin180

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. #13Justin26,769
More about 1984

girls

1,683,817 girls got a published name in 1984; 1 in 9,355 of them was named Justin, which outranked 93.0% of the 12,181 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Justin
  1. #848Jeana181
  2. #848Kami181
  3. #848Terry181
  4. #851Justin180
  5. #851Carley180
  6. #851Karrie180
  7. #851Valencia180
  8. #855Kerrie179
  9. #855Mai179
  10. #855Shea179

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. ↑ 8,259Santana#9,015 → #756
  2. ↑ 2,419Tasia#3,151 → #732
  3. ↑ 2,198Teela#3,065 → #867
  4. ↑ 1,074Grisel#1,858 → #784
  5. ↑ 894Kaylee#1,715 → #821
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,856Dwan#874 → #2,730
  2. ↓ 720Toccara#937 → #1,657
  3. ↓ 713Kaleena#547 → #1,260
  4. ↓ 303Karie#1,000 → #1,303
  5. ↓ 300Karyn#820 → #1,120

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

boys

1,804,848 boys got a published name in 1984; 1 in 67 of them was named Justin, which outranked 99.8% 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 Justin
  1. #10Joseph30,513
  2. #11Jason29,953
  3. #12Ryan28,724
  4. #13Justin26,769
  5. #14Andrew25,916
  6. #15Brandon25,673
  7. #16William24,900
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 →