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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202000peak #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 2000

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #23 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 92 boysAKMaine: #31 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 110 boysMEVermont: #45 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 139 boysVTNew Hampshire: #22 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 83 boysNHWashington: #24 for boys · 313 births · 1 in 111 boysWAIdaho: #32 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 136 boysIDMontana: #36 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 138 boysMTNorth Dakota: #24 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 101 boysNDMinnesota: #35 for boys · 215 births · 1 in 136 boysMNIllinois: #20 for boys · 746 births · 1 in 108 boysILWisconsin: #30 for boys · 225 births · 1 in 131 boysWIMichigan: #13 for boys · 681 births · 1 in 87 boysMINew York: #8 for boys · 1,732 births · 1 in 66 boysNYMassachusetts: #26 for boys · 397 births · 1 in 91 boysMARhode Island: #21 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 71 boysRIOregon: #22 for boys · 181 births · 1 in 109 boysORNevada: #21 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 109 boysNVWyoming: #14 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 67 boysWYSouth Dakota: #42 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 139 boysSDIowa: #35 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 145 boysIAIndiana: #31 for boys · 320 births · 1 in 123 boysINOhio: #21 for boys · 726 births · 1 in 97 boysOHPennsylvania: #19 for boys · 727 births · 1 in 90 boysPANew Jersey: #10 for boys · 774 births · 1 in 62 boysNJConnecticut: #19 for boys · 228 births · 1 in 80 boysCTCalifornia: #22 for boys · 2,164 births · 1 in 115 boysCAUtah: #39 for boys · 137 births · 1 in 153 boysUTColorado: #27 for boys · 213 births · 1 in 133 boysCONebraska: #34 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 137 boysNEMissouri: #24 for boys · 310 births · 1 in 111 boysMOKentucky: #22 for boys · 260 births · 1 in 93 boysKYWest Virginia: #23 for boys · 105 births · 1 in 88 boysWVVirginia: #18 for boys · 443 births · 1 in 93 boysVAMaryland: #19 for boys · 329 births · 1 in 87 boysMDDelaware: #14 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 65 boysDEArizona: #26 for boys · 304 births · 1 in 125 boysAZNew Mexico: #19 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 109 boysNMKansas: #31 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 139 boysKSArkansas: #15 for boys · 170 births · 1 in 88 boysARTennessee: #26 for boys · 338 births · 1 in 108 boysTNNorth Carolina: #22 for boys · 539 births · 1 in 96 boysNCSouth Carolina: #15 for boys · 259 births · 1 in 81 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #15 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 77 boysDCOklahoma: #26 for boys · 167 births · 1 in 123 boysOKLouisiana: #21 for boys · 241 births · 1 in 113 boysLAMississippi: #13 for boys · 198 births · 1 in 79 boysMSAlabama: #12 for boys · 330 births · 1 in 77 boysALGeorgia: #12 for boys · 631 births · 1 in 88 boysGAHawaii: #4 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 56 boysHITexas: #24 for boys · 1,253 births · 1 in 137 boysTXFlorida: #17 for boys · 963 births · 1 in 93 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Hawaii#4 · 1 in 56
  2. New York#8 · 1 in 66
  3. New Jersey#10 · 1 in 62
  4. Alabama#12 · 1 in 77
  5. Georgia#12 · 1 in 88

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#4931 in 56
New York#81,7321 in 66
New Jersey#107741 in 62
Alabama#123301 in 77
Georgia#126311 in 88
Michigan#136811 in 87
Mississippi#131981 in 79
Delaware#14651 in 65
Wyoming#14261 in 67
Arkansas#151701 in 88
District of Columbia#15631 in 77
South Carolina#152591 in 81
Florida#179631 in 93
Virginia#184431 in 93
Connecticut#192281 in 80
Maryland#193291 in 87
New Mexico#19981 in 109
Pennsylvania#197271 in 90
Illinois#207461 in 108
Louisiana#212411 in 113
Nevada#211141 in 109
Ohio#217261 in 97
Rhode Island#21741 in 71
California#222,1641 in 115
Kentucky#222601 in 93
New Hampshire#22721 in 83
North Carolina#225391 in 96
Oregon#221811 in 109
Alaska#23361 in 92
West Virginia#231051 in 88
Missouri#243101 in 111
North Dakota#24341 in 101
Texas#241,2531 in 137
Washington#243131 in 111
Arizona#263041 in 125
Massachusetts#263971 in 91
Oklahoma#261671 in 123
Tennessee#263381 in 108
Colorado#272131 in 133
Wisconsin#302251 in 131
Indiana#313201 in 123
Kansas#311191 in 139
Maine#31501 in 110
Idaho#32581 in 136
Nebraska#34741 in 137
Iowa#351151 in 145
Minnesota#352151 in 136
Montana#36291 in 138
Utah#391371 in 153
South Dakota#42281 in 139
Vermont#45171 in 139

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 2000

girls
#2,940
48 births · 1 in 37,834 girls
boys
#19
17,784 births · 1 in 110 boys

Top girls' names in 2000

  1. #1Emily25,959
  2. #2Hannah23,087
  3. #3Madison19,968
  4. #4Ashley18,000
  5. #5Sarah17,715
  6. #6Alexis17,631
  7. #7Samantha17,265
  8. #8Jessica15,711
  9. #9Elizabeth15,117
  10. #10Taylor15,080
  11. #2,940Justin48

Top boys' names in 2000

  1. #1Jacob34,492
  2. #2Michael32,045
  3. #3Matthew28,580
  4. #4Joshua27,543
  5. #5Christopher24,936
  6. #6Nicholas24,653
  7. #7Andrew23,658
  8. #8Joseph22,844
  9. #9Daniel22,338
  10. #10Tyler21,506
  11. #19Justin17,784
More about 2000

girls

1,816,036 girls got a published name in 2000; 1 in 37,834 of them was named Justin, which outranked 83.4% of the 17,660 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Justin
  1. #2,903Xenia49
  2. #2,903Yuri49
  3. #2,903Zarria49
  4. #2,940Justin48
  5. #2,940Alaa48
  6. #2,940Aleesha48
  7. #2,940Amariah48
  8. #2,974Adelle47
  9. #2,974Adyson47
  10. #2,974Alexes47

Tied with 33 names at #2,940; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,528Laisha#3,509 → #981
  2. ↑ 2,131Litzy#2,527 → #396
  3. ↑ 2,096Cielo#2,991 → #895
  4. ↑ 1,864Yamilet#2,703 → #839
  5. ↑ 1,775Nyah#2,567 → #792
Fallers
  1. ↓ 560Tatyanna#951 → #1,511
  2. ↓ 529Jailene#506 → #1,035
  3. ↓ 431Shanice#727 → #1,158
  4. ↓ 384Chantal#921 → #1,305
  5. ↓ 348Infant#658 → #1,006

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

boys

1,964,001 boys got a published name in 2000; 1 in 110 of them was named Justin, which outranked 99.8% of the 12,119 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Justin
  1. #16David19,787
  2. #17Anthony19,656
  3. #18James17,991
  4. #19Justin17,784
  5. #20Alexander17,290
  6. #21Jonathan16,888
  7. #22Christian16,059
Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,806Maximus#5,656 → #850
  2. ↑ 2,950Elian#3,376 → #426
  3. ↑ 438Axel#799 → #361
  4. ↑ 437Luca#1,063 → #626
  5. ↑ 403Jevon#1,039 → #636
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,334Trajan#996 → #2,330
  2. ↓ 498Jordi#743 → #1,241
  3. ↓ 322Auston#931 → #1,253
  4. ↓ 298Tyreke#737 → #1,035
  5. ↓ 274Tahj#863 → #1,137

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

See the top 100 for 2000 →