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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202005peak #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 2005

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #51 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 158 boysAKMaine: #62 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 206 boysMEVermont: #75 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 219 boysVTNew Hampshire: #47 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 155 boysNHWashington: #49 for boys · 180 births · 1 in 193 boysWAIdaho: #51 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 191 boysIDMontana: #85 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 246 boysMTNorth Dakota: #71 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 207 boysNDMinnesota: #50 for boys · 160 births · 1 in 187 boysMNIllinois: #50 for boys · 352 births · 1 in 219 boysILWisconsin: #74 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 271 boysWIMichigan: #48 for boys · 304 births · 1 in 180 boysMINew York: #15 for boys · 1,188 births · 1 in 91 boysNYMassachusetts: #44 for boys · 210 births · 1 in 156 boysMARhode Island: #43 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 138 boysRIOregon: #51 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 187 boysORNevada: #58 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 219 boysNVWyoming: #40 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 121 boysWYSouth Dakota: #101 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 298 boysSDIowa: #64 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 219 boysIAIndiana: #59 for boys · 178 births · 1 in 215 boysINOhio: #46 for boys · 364 births · 1 in 180 boysOHPennsylvania: #42 for boys · 396 births · 1 in 161 boysPANew Jersey: #14 for boys · 521 births · 1 in 90 boysNJConnecticut: #32 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 119 boysCTCalifornia: #42 for boys · 1,294 births · 1 in 196 boysCAUtah: #61 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 222 boysUTColorado: #57 for boys · 134 births · 1 in 224 boysCONebraska: #69 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 234 boysNEMissouri: #61 for boys · 162 births · 1 in 210 boysMOKentucky: #53 for boys · 125 births · 1 in 188 boysKYWest Virginia: #66 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 200 boysWVVirginia: #30 for boys · 316 births · 1 in 136 boysVAMaryland: #28 for boys · 226 births · 1 in 127 boysMDDelaware: #36 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 116 boysDEArizona: #66 for boys · 167 births · 1 in 254 boysAZNew Mexico: #51 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 188 boysNMKansas: #75 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 269 boysKSArkansas: #36 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 154 boysARTennessee: #44 for boys · 218 births · 1 in 169 boysTNNorth Carolina: #36 for boys · 333 births · 1 in 157 boysNCSouth Carolina: #35 for boys · 147 births · 1 in 144 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #53 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 191 boysDCOklahoma: #44 for boys · 117 births · 1 in 176 boysOKLouisiana: #48 for boys · 120 births · 1 in 201 boysLAMississippi: #33 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 145 boysMSAlabama: #36 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 153 boysALGeorgia: #31 for boys · 392 births · 1 in 152 boysGAHawaii: #39 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 145 boysHITexas: #51 for boys · 781 births · 1 in 232 boysTXFlorida: #32 for boys · 644 births · 1 in 154 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Jersey#14 · 1 in 90
  2. New York#15 · 1 in 91
  3. Maryland#28 · 1 in 127
  4. Virginia#30 · 1 in 136
  5. Georgia#31 · 1 in 152

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Jersey#145211 in 90
New York#151,1881 in 91
Maryland#282261 in 127
Virginia#303161 in 136
Georgia#313921 in 152
Connecticut#321411 in 119
Florida#326441 in 154
Mississippi#331021 in 145
South Carolina#351471 in 144
Alabama#361551 in 153
Arkansas#36981 in 154
Delaware#36351 in 116
North Carolina#363331 in 157
Hawaii#39331 in 145
Wyoming#40171 in 121
California#421,2941 in 196
Pennsylvania#423961 in 161
Rhode Island#43361 in 138
Massachusetts#442101 in 156
Oklahoma#441171 in 176
Tennessee#442181 in 169
Ohio#463641 in 180
New Hampshire#47361 in 155
Louisiana#481201 in 201
Michigan#483041 in 180
Washington#491801 in 193
Illinois#503521 in 219
Minnesota#501601 in 187
Alaska#51211 in 158
Idaho#51451 in 191
New Mexico#51581 in 188
Oregon#511041 in 187
Texas#517811 in 232
District of Columbia#53231 in 191
Kentucky#531251 in 188
Colorado#571341 in 224
Nevada#58671 in 219
Indiana#591781 in 215
Missouri#611621 in 210
Utah#611011 in 222
Maine#62271 in 206
Iowa#64751 in 219
Arizona#661671 in 254
West Virginia#66451 in 200
Nebraska#69441 in 234
North Dakota#71171 in 207
Wisconsin#741081 in 271
Kansas#75611 in 269
Vermont#75101 in 219
Montana#85161 in 246
South Dakota#101141 in 298

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 2005

girls
#6,245
19 births · 1 in 97,255 girls
boys
#36
10,518 births · 1 in 190 boys

Top girls' names in 2005

  1. #1Emily23,952
  2. #2Emma20,362
  3. #3Madison19,578
  4. #4Abigail15,756
  5. #5Olivia15,700
  6. #6Isabella15,197
  7. #7Hannah14,854
  8. #8Samantha13,642
  9. #9Ava13,606
  10. #10Ashley13,276
  11. #6,245Justin19

Top boys' names in 2005

  1. #1Jacob25,851
  2. #2Michael23,828
  3. #3Joshua23,261
  4. #4Matthew21,483
  5. #5Ethan21,318
  6. #6Andrew20,742
  7. #7Daniel20,236
  8. #8Anthony19,387
  9. #9Joseph19,241
  10. #10Christopher19,174
  11. #36Justin10,518
More about 2005

girls

1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 97,255 of them was named Justin, which outranked 67.5% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Justin
  1. #5,999Zachary20
  2. #5,999Zuleima20
  3. #5,999Zyria20
  4. #6,245Justin19
  5. #6,245Aamina19
  6. #6,245Aamiyah19
  7. #6,245Aaniya19
  8. #6,528Aaleyah18
  9. #6,528Abbegail18
  10. #6,528Abryanna18

Tied with 282 names at #6,245; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2004
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,271Mikalah#7,077 → #806
  2. ↑ 2,724Yuridia#3,689 → #965
  3. ↑ 2,236Naima#3,127 → #891
  4. ↑ 1,924Karol#2,742 → #818
  5. ↑ 1,125Karma#1,972 → #847
Fallers
  1. ↓ 397Rhea#908 → #1,305
  2. ↓ 360Laisha#789 → #1,149
  3. ↓ 334Ashtyn#956 → #1,290
  4. ↓ 285Hunter#742 → #1,027
  5. ↓ 282Angeles#973 → #1,255

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

boys

1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 190 of them was named Justin, which outranked 99.7% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Justin
  1. #33Kevin10,917
  2. #34Jack10,906
  3. #35Caleb10,894
  4. #36Justin10,518
  5. #37Robert10,166
  6. #38Austin10,111
  7. #39Evan10,109
Biggest movers since 2004
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,722Talan#4,264 → #542
  2. ↑ 1,048Carmine#1,934 → #886
  3. ↑ 727Leland#1,335 → #608
  4. ↑ 528Amare#1,159 → #631
  5. ↑ 525Braylen#1,359 → #834
Fallers
  1. ↓ 817Madison#857 → #1,674
  2. ↓ 783Andon#865 → #1,648
  3. ↓ 406Kanye#486 → #892
  4. ↓ 379Jakobe#846 → #1,225
  5. ↓ 359Koda#930 → #1,289

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

See the top 100 for 2005 →