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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #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 1991

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #19 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 73 boysAKMaine: #11 for boys · 129 births · 1 in 57 boysMEVermont: #11 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 53 boysVTNew Hampshire: #16 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 60 boysNHWashington: #19 for boys · 444 births · 1 in 81 boysWAIdaho: #10 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 60 boysIDMontana: #12 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 61 boysMTNorth Dakota: #12 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 53 boysNDMinnesota: #21 for boys · 415 births · 1 in 75 boysMNIllinois: #25 for boys · 910 births · 1 in 96 boysILWisconsin: #14 for boys · 524 births · 1 in 62 boysWIMichigan: #16 for boys · 1,071 births · 1 in 64 boysMINew York: #17 for boys · 1,691 births · 1 in 79 boysNYMassachusetts: #22 for boys · 570 births · 1 in 73 boysMARhode Island: #15 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 62 boysRIOregon: #18 for boys · 281 births · 1 in 70 boysORNevada: #17 for boys · 140 births · 1 in 66 boysNVWyoming: #14 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 64 boysWYSouth Dakota: #11 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 52 boysSDIowa: #16 for boys · 250 births · 1 in 72 boysIAIndiana: #14 for boys · 642 births · 1 in 62 boysINOhio: #17 for boys · 1,261 births · 1 in 63 boysOHPennsylvania: #18 for boys · 1,145 births · 1 in 70 boysPANew Jersey: #22 for boys · 658 births · 1 in 81 boysNJConnecticut: #22 for boys · 274 births · 1 in 79 boysCTCalifornia: #22 for boys · 2,613 births · 1 in 110 boysCAUtah: #13 for boys · 221 births · 1 in 75 boysUTColorado: #18 for boys · 324 births · 1 in 75 boysCONebraska: #15 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 68 boysNEMissouri: #12 for boys · 620 births · 1 in 60 boysMOKentucky: #7 for boys · 514 births · 1 in 48 boysKYWest Virginia: #5 for boys · 262 births · 1 in 39 boysWVVirginia: #9 for boys · 732 births · 1 in 57 boysVAMaryland: #17 for boys · 484 births · 1 in 68 boysMDDelaware: #18 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 64 boysDEArizona: #16 for boys · 382 births · 1 in 80 boysAZNew Mexico: #16 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 90 boysNMKansas: #19 for boys · 197 births · 1 in 82 boysKSArkansas: #7 for boys · 300 births · 1 in 50 boysARTennessee: #7 for boys · 703 births · 1 in 50 boysTNNorth Carolina: #8 for boys · 942 births · 1 in 49 boysNCSouth Carolina: #8 for boys · 487 births · 1 in 48 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #30 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 134 boysDCOklahoma: #9 for boys · 366 births · 1 in 56 boysOKLouisiana: #5 for boys · 488 births · 1 in 63 boysLAMississippi: #6 for boys · 372 births · 1 in 45 boysMSAlabama: #6 for boys · 625 births · 1 in 42 boysALGeorgia: #8 for boys · 910 births · 1 in 53 boysGAHawaii: #6 for boys · 139 births · 1 in 50 boysHITexas: #8 for boys · 2,236 births · 1 in 69 boysTXFlorida: #12 for boys · 1,323 births · 1 in 67 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. West Virginia#5 · 1 in 39
  2. Louisiana#5 · 1 in 63
  3. Alabama#6 · 1 in 42
  4. Mississippi#6 · 1 in 45
  5. Hawaii#6 · 1 in 50

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#54881 in 63
West Virginia#52621 in 39
Alabama#66251 in 42
Hawaii#61391 in 50
Mississippi#63721 in 45
Arkansas#73001 in 50
Kentucky#75141 in 48
Tennessee#77031 in 50
Georgia#89101 in 53
North Carolina#89421 in 49
South Carolina#84871 in 48
Texas#82,2361 in 69
Oklahoma#93661 in 56
Virginia#97321 in 57
Idaho#101151 in 60
Maine#111291 in 57
South Dakota#11881 in 52
Vermont#11591 in 53
Florida#121,3231 in 67
Missouri#126201 in 60
Montana#12731 in 61
North Dakota#12801 in 53
Utah#132211 in 75
Indiana#146421 in 62
Wisconsin#145241 in 62
Wyoming#14371 in 64
Nebraska#151551 in 68
Rhode Island#151061 in 62
Arizona#163821 in 80
Iowa#162501 in 72
Michigan#161,0711 in 64
New Hampshire#161191 in 60
New Mexico#161281 in 90
Maryland#174841 in 68
Nevada#171401 in 66
New York#171,6911 in 79
Ohio#171,2611 in 63
Colorado#183241 in 75
Delaware#18731 in 64
Oregon#182811 in 70
Pennsylvania#181,1451 in 70
Alaska#19601 in 73
Kansas#191971 in 82
Washington#194441 in 81
Minnesota#214151 in 75
California#222,6131 in 110
Connecticut#222741 in 79
Massachusetts#225701 in 73
New Jersey#226581 in 81
Illinois#259101 in 96
District of Columbia#30591 in 134

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 1991

girls
#1,485
106 births · 1 in 17,689 girls
boys
#14
26,797 births · 1 in 75 boys

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #1,485Justin106

Top boys' names in 1991

  1. #1Michael60,810
  2. #2Christopher47,111
  3. #3Matthew41,647
  4. #4Joshua41,226
  5. #5Andrew31,539
  6. #6Daniel30,935
  7. #7James30,514
  8. #8David30,416
  9. #9Joseph29,840
  10. #10John27,809
  11. #14Justin26,797
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 17,689 of them was named Justin, which outranked 90.4% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Justin
  1. #1,478Randa107
  2. #1,478Rosanna107
  3. #1,478Shasta107
  4. #1,485Justin106
  5. #1,485Andreina106
  6. #1,485Annabel106
  7. #1,485Ashlei106
  8. #1,492Addison105
  9. #1,492Adela105
  10. #1,492Aleah105

Tied with 6 names at #1,485; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

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

boys

2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 75 of them was named Justin, which outranked 99.9% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Justin
  1. #11Ryan27,536
  2. #12Nicholas27,357
  3. #13Robert26,839
  4. #14Justin26,797
  5. #15Brandon26,021
  6. #16Tyler25,209
  7. #17Jacob25,200
Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,462Devante#5,382 → #920
  2. ↑ 1,656Unnamed#2,628 → #972
  3. ↑ 1,496Jaleel#2,373 → #877
  4. ↑ 811Gunnar#1,516 → #705
  5. ↑ 672Dijon#1,587 → #915
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,000Arsenio#744 → #1,744
  2. ↓ 773Brittany#995 → #1,768
  3. ↓ 281Infant#389 → #670
  4. ↓ 281Jarret#881 → #1,162
  5. ↓ 273Elton#963 → #1,236

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

See the top 100 for 1991 →