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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201985peak #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 1985

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #17 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 60 boysAKMaine: #15 for boys · 124 births · 1 in 58 boysMEVermont: #8 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 44 boysVTNew Hampshire: #22 for boys · 105 births · 1 in 65 boysNHWashington: #16 for boys · 450 births · 1 in 70 boysWAIdaho: #15 for boys · 116 births · 1 in 62 boysIDMontana: #10 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 56 boysMTNorth Dakota: #9 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 52 boysNDMinnesota: #17 for boys · 475 births · 1 in 67 boysMNIllinois: #23 for boys · 966 births · 1 in 85 boysILWisconsin: #13 for boys · 593 births · 1 in 58 boysWIMichigan: #15 for boys · 1,006 births · 1 in 65 boysMINew York: #23 for boys · 1,331 births · 1 in 91 boysNYMassachusetts: #25 for boys · 503 births · 1 in 78 boysMARhode Island: #18 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 60 boysRIOregon: #14 for boys · 283 births · 1 in 64 boysORNevada: #13 for boys · 110 births · 1 in 56 boysNVWyoming: #12 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 57 boysWYSouth Dakota: #7 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 45 boysSDIowa: #9 for boys · 404 births · 1 in 48 boysIAIndiana: #10 for boys · 703 births · 1 in 54 boysINOhio: #17 for boys · 1,228 births · 1 in 63 boysOHPennsylvania: #16 for boys · 1,248 births · 1 in 62 boysPANew Jersey: #26 for boys · 478 births · 1 in 97 boysNJConnecticut: #21 for boys · 280 births · 1 in 71 boysCTCalifornia: #22 for boys · 2,255 births · 1 in 99 boysCAUtah: #18 for boys · 220 births · 1 in 77 boysUTColorado: #15 for boys · 397 births · 1 in 63 boysCONebraska: #9 for boys · 248 births · 1 in 47 boysNEMissouri: #12 for boys · 649 births · 1 in 57 boysMOKentucky: #10 for boys · 514 births · 1 in 48 boysKYWest Virginia: #7 for boys · 292 births · 1 in 40 boysWVVirginia: #12 for boys · 685 births · 1 in 55 boysVAMaryland: #18 for boys · 428 births · 1 in 65 boysMDDelaware: #21 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 69 boysDEArizona: #16 for boys · 338 births · 1 in 78 boysAZNew Mexico: #17 for boys · 138 births · 1 in 84 boysNMKansas: #11 for boys · 308 births · 1 in 56 boysKSArkansas: #7 for boys · 338 births · 1 in 45 boysARTennessee: #10 for boys · 651 births · 1 in 50 boysTNNorth Carolina: #13 for boys · 751 births · 1 in 54 boysNCSouth Carolina: #13 for boys · 364 births · 1 in 59 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #29 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 110 boysDCOklahoma: #11 for boys · 402 births · 1 in 59 boysOKLouisiana: #13 for boys · 505 births · 1 in 71 boysLAMississippi: #12 for boys · 302 births · 1 in 58 boysMSAlabama: #11 for boys · 475 births · 1 in 54 boysALGeorgia: #13 for boys · 693 births · 1 in 62 boysGAHawaii: #4 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 44 boysHITexas: #12 for boys · 2,154 births · 1 in 68 boysTXFlorida: #14 for boys · 1,106 births · 1 in 67 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Hawaii#4 · 1 in 44
  2. West Virginia#7 · 1 in 40
  3. Arkansas#7 · 1 in 45
  4. South Dakota#7 · 1 in 45
  5. Vermont#8 · 1 in 44

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#41551 in 44
Arkansas#73381 in 45
South Dakota#71131 in 45
West Virginia#72921 in 40
Vermont#8761 in 44
Iowa#94041 in 48
Nebraska#92481 in 47
North Dakota#91061 in 52
Indiana#107031 in 54
Kentucky#105141 in 48
Montana#10991 in 56
Tennessee#106511 in 50
Alabama#114751 in 54
Kansas#113081 in 56
Oklahoma#114021 in 59
Mississippi#123021 in 58
Missouri#126491 in 57
Texas#122,1541 in 68
Virginia#126851 in 55
Wyoming#12611 in 57
Georgia#136931 in 62
Louisiana#135051 in 71
Nevada#131101 in 56
North Carolina#137511 in 54
South Carolina#133641 in 59
Wisconsin#135931 in 58
Florida#141,1061 in 67
Oregon#142831 in 64
Colorado#153971 in 63
Idaho#151161 in 62
Maine#151241 in 58
Michigan#151,0061 in 65
Arizona#163381 in 78
Pennsylvania#161,2481 in 62
Washington#164501 in 70
Alaska#17841 in 60
Minnesota#174751 in 67
New Mexico#171381 in 84
Ohio#171,2281 in 63
Maryland#184281 in 65
Rhode Island#18991 in 60
Utah#182201 in 77
Connecticut#212801 in 71
Delaware#21581 in 69
California#222,2551 in 99
New Hampshire#221051 in 65
Illinois#239661 in 85
New York#231,3311 in 91
Massachusetts#255031 in 78
New Jersey#264781 in 97
District of Columbia#29701 in 110

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 1985

girls
#880
182 births · 1 in 9,455 girls
boys
#15
25,537 births · 1 in 72 boys

Top girls' names in 1985

  1. #1Jessica48,345
  2. #2Ashley47,010
  3. #3Jennifer42,661
  4. #4Amanda39,055
  5. #5Sarah24,879
  6. #6Stephanie23,243
  7. #7Nicole22,966
  8. #8Heather21,151
  9. #9Elizabeth20,545
  10. #10Megan20,013
  11. #880Justin182

Top boys' names in 1985

  1. #1Michael64,934
  2. #2Christopher59,609
  3. #3Matthew47,075
  4. #4Joshua42,194
  5. #5Daniel38,559
  6. #6David38,522
  7. #7James35,862
  8. #8Robert32,094
  9. #9John31,502
  10. #10Joseph30,222
  11. #15Justin25,537
More about 1985

girls

1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 9,455 of them was named Justin, which outranked 93.0% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Justin
  1. #874Mckenzie183
  2. #874Nikole183
  3. #874William183
  4. #880Justin182
  5. #880Alysha182
  6. #880Charmaine182
  7. #880Melina182
  8. #884Jonathan181
  9. #884Niki181
  10. #886Cecelia180

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

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. ↑ 7,360Kayleigh#8,153 → #793
  2. ↑ 1,675Madison#2,299 → #624
  3. ↑ 1,167Cierra#1,633 → #466
  4. ↑ 1,002Ciera#1,703 → #701
  5. ↑ 787Krystina#1,332 → #545
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,164Grisel#784 → #1,948
  2. ↓ 893Ciji#963 → #1,856
  3. ↓ 419Falon#914 → #1,333
  4. ↓ 364Alesia#969 → #1,333
  5. ↓ 362Echo#845 → #1,207

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

boys

1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 72 of them was named Justin, which outranked 99.8% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Justin
  1. #12Ryan29,905
  2. #13Brandon29,304
  3. #14Jason26,039
  4. #15Justin25,537
  5. #16William24,606
  6. #17Jonathan24,116
  7. #18Brian23,069
Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,425Jaymes#3,270 → #845
  2. ↑ 977Trace#1,933 → #956
  3. ↑ 933Durrell#1,656 → #723
  4. ↑ 793Durell#1,399 → #606
  5. ↑ 562Brandyn#1,444 → #882
Fallers
  1. ↓ 420Anwar#951 → #1,371
  2. ↓ 345Zebulon#976 → #1,321
  3. ↓ 303Tavares#925 → #1,228
  4. ↓ 250Alonso#931 → #1,181
  5. ↓ 228Abdul#1,000 → #1,228

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

See the top 100 for 1985 →