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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201988peak #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 1988

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #10 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 53 boysAKMaine: #5 for boys · 196 births · 1 in 37 boysMEVermont: #8 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 41 boysVTNew Hampshire: #10 for boys · 147 births · 1 in 52 boysNHWashington: #8 for boys · 602 births · 1 in 54 boysWAIdaho: #8 for boys · 134 births · 1 in 47 boysIDMontana: #7 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 47 boysMTNorth Dakota: #3 for boys · 138 births · 1 in 34 boysNDMinnesota: #11 for boys · 579 births · 1 in 53 boysMNIllinois: #16 for boys · 1,159 births · 1 in 72 boysILWisconsin: #5 for boys · 783 births · 1 in 41 boysWIMichigan: #6 for boys · 1,397 births · 1 in 46 boysMINew York: #15 for boys · 1,892 births · 1 in 69 boysNYMassachusetts: #16 for boys · 655 births · 1 in 63 boysMARhode Island: #7 for boys · 167 births · 1 in 38 boysRIOregon: #10 for boys · 336 births · 1 in 55 boysORNevada: #6 for boys · 153 births · 1 in 47 boysNVWyoming: #10 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 57 boysWYSouth Dakota: #8 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 44 boysSDIowa: #7 for boys · 399 births · 1 in 44 boysIAIndiana: #6 for boys · 875 births · 1 in 44 boysINOhio: #6 for boys · 1,630 births · 1 in 47 boysOHPennsylvania: #10 for boys · 1,580 births · 1 in 50 boysPANew Jersey: #20 for boys · 740 births · 1 in 70 boysNJConnecticut: #17 for boys · 350 births · 1 in 62 boysCTCalifornia: #13 for boys · 3,287 births · 1 in 77 boysCAUtah: #8 for boys · 275 births · 1 in 59 boysUTColorado: #8 for boys · 462 births · 1 in 52 boysCONebraska: #7 for boys · 233 births · 1 in 47 boysNEMissouri: #6 for boys · 779 births · 1 in 47 boysMOKentucky: #2 for boys · 784 births · 1 in 30 boysKYWest Virginia: #2 for boys · 412 births · 1 in 25 boysWVVirginia: #6 for boys · 892 births · 1 in 45 boysVAMaryland: #10 for boys · 647 births · 1 in 47 boysMDDelaware: #12 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 51 boysDEArizona: #9 for boys · 502 births · 1 in 59 boysAZNew Mexico: #7 for boys · 196 births · 1 in 58 boysNMKansas: #6 for boys · 327 births · 1 in 51 boysKSArkansas: #3 for boys · 438 births · 1 in 34 boysARTennessee: #3 for boys · 1,088 births · 1 in 31 boysTNNorth Carolina: #4 for boys · 1,179 births · 1 in 37 boysNCSouth Carolina: #4 for boys · 652 births · 1 in 34 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #17 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 78 boysDCOklahoma: #5 for boys · 502 births · 1 in 41 boysOKLouisiana: #4 for boys · 734 births · 1 in 43 boysLAMississippi: #2 for boys · 527 births · 1 in 31 boysMSAlabama: #1 for boys · 930 births · 1 in 28 boysALGeorgia: #6 for boys · 1,118 births · 1 in 42 boysGAHawaii: #5 for boys · 157 births · 1 in 43 boysHITexas: #4 for boys · 2,786 births · 1 in 52 boysTXFlorida: #9 for boys · 1,630 births · 1 in 52 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alabama#1 · 1 in 28
  2. West Virginia#2 · 1 in 25
  3. Kentucky#2 · 1 in 30
  4. Mississippi#2 · 1 in 31
  5. Tennessee#3 · 1 in 31

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alabama#19301 in 28
Kentucky#27841 in 30
Mississippi#25271 in 31
West Virginia#24121 in 25
Arkansas#34381 in 34
North Dakota#31381 in 34
Tennessee#31,0881 in 31
Louisiana#47341 in 43
North Carolina#41,1791 in 37
South Carolina#46521 in 34
Texas#42,7861 in 52
Hawaii#51571 in 43
Maine#51961 in 37
Oklahoma#55021 in 41
Wisconsin#57831 in 41
Georgia#61,1181 in 42
Indiana#68751 in 44
Kansas#63271 in 51
Michigan#61,3971 in 46
Missouri#67791 in 47
Nevada#61531 in 47
Ohio#61,6301 in 47
Virginia#68921 in 45
Iowa#73991 in 44
Montana#7981 in 47
Nebraska#72331 in 47
New Mexico#71961 in 58
Rhode Island#71671 in 38
Colorado#84621 in 52
Idaho#81341 in 47
South Dakota#81081 in 44
Utah#82751 in 59
Vermont#8801 in 41
Washington#86021 in 54
Arizona#95021 in 59
Florida#91,6301 in 52
Alaska#10821 in 53
Maryland#106471 in 47
New Hampshire#101471 in 52
Oregon#103361 in 55
Pennsylvania#101,5801 in 50
Wyoming#10451 in 57
Minnesota#115791 in 53
Delaware#12871 in 51
California#133,2871 in 77
New York#151,8921 in 69
Illinois#161,1591 in 72
Massachusetts#166551 in 63
Connecticut#173501 in 62
District of Columbia#171061 in 78
New Jersey#207401 in 70

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 1988

girls
#780
241 births · 1 in 7,389 girls
boys
#7
35,055 births · 1 in 55 boys

Top girls' names in 1988

  1. #1Jessica51,556
  2. #2Ashley49,977
  3. #3Amanda39,459
  4. #4Sarah28,374
  5. #5Jennifer27,893
  6. #6Brittany26,816
  7. #7Stephanie22,843
  8. #8Samantha20,700
  9. #9Nicole20,315
  10. #10Elizabeth20,042
  11. #780Justin241

Top boys' names in 1988

  1. #1Michael64,171
  2. #2Christopher53,014
  3. #3Matthew45,876
  4. #4Joshua42,653
  5. #5Andrew35,745
  6. #6David35,329
  7. #7Justin35,055
  8. #8Daniel34,718
  9. #9James32,523
  10. #10Robert30,319
More about 1988

girls

1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 7,389 of them was named Justin, which outranked 94.4% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Justin
  1. #775Liza242
  2. #775Mariel242
  3. #775Tosha242
  4. #780Justin241
  5. #780Janell241
  6. #780Kati241
  7. #780Madeleine241
  8. #784Dara240
  9. #784Joelle240
  10. #784Rhiannon240

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

Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,890Jalissa#3,857 → #967
  2. ↑ 2,381Taja#3,101 → #720
  3. ↑ 1,710Whitley#2,156 → #446
  4. ↑ 1,225Jalisa#1,662 → #437
  5. ↑ 883Jaleesa#1,227 → #344
Fallers
  1. ↓ 620Channing#590 → #1,210
  2. ↓ 346Denisse#954 → #1,300
  3. ↓ 319Jeana#966 → #1,285
  4. ↓ 314Eliana#826 → #1,140
  5. ↓ 311Nakia#893 → #1,204

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

boys

1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 55 of them was named Justin, which outranked 99.9% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Justin
  1. #4Joshua42,653
  2. #5Andrew35,745
  3. #6David35,329
  4. #7Justin35,055
  5. #8Daniel34,718
  6. #9James32,523
  7. #10Robert30,319
Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,252Nico#4,239 → #987
  2. ↑ 1,245Ridge#2,215 → #970
  3. ↑ 668Colten#1,484 → #816
  4. ↑ 600Brantley#1,587 → #987
  5. ↑ 518Long#1,337 → #819
Fallers
  1. ↓ 362Cordaro#908 → #1,270
  2. ↓ 246Ramsey#884 → #1,130
  3. ↓ 241Yaakov#974 → #1,215
  4. ↓ 233Adrain#990 → #1,223
  5. ↓ 230Kiel#846 → #1,076

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

See the top 100 for 1988 →