Meaning not yet researched.
Justin: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,512 in 2025. Its best rank was #7 in 1988.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #7 in 1988; #233 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Justin in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#233 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1988, at #7.
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Justin: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,512 boys in 2025. Peak: #7 in 1988 · most boys in one year: 35,055 (1988).
In 2025, 1,512 US boys were named Justin, making it the 233rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 34 places from #199 in 2024. That is 284 fewer than the 1,796 boys named Justin in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #7, reached in 1988. That year also had the most boys given the name: 35,055. For comparison, it was #110 in 2015 and #605 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Justin in 143 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 8 babies. In all, 794,273 US babies have been given the name, 0.5% of them girls and 99.5% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 291,884 babies named Justin.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 23,877 US boys were named Justin; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 3,569. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,130 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Justin ranked highest in Mississippi in 2025, at #128 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Justyn (4,550 babies since 1880), Justine (40,620 babies since 1880), Justen (4,061 babies since 1880) and Juston (2,524 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Justino, Jostin and Justyne are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Justina, Juston and Justus.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Justino (1,148), Jostin (823), Justyne (568), Justan (532), Yostin (408), Josten (279), Justeen (258), Justene (158), Justun (129), Justinn (75), Jostyn (74), Justian (45), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 10 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 25 | #128 | #73 |
| District of Columbia | 6 | #154 | #118 |
| Florida | 137 | #156 | #86 |
| Maryland | 37 | #163 | #73 |
| Rhode Island | 7 | #169 | #113 |
| Connecticut | 21 | #171 | #73 |
| New Jersey | 56 | #181 | #59 |
| Pennsylvania | 69 | #186 | #107 |
| New York | 105 | #190 | #59 |
| Virginia | 45 | #197 | #102 |
| Oregon | 21 | #205 | #194 |
| Georgia | 59 | #208 | #88 |
| Alabama | 27 | #212 | #92 |
| West Virginia | 9 | #214 | #142 |
| Louisiana | 24 | #217 | #93 |
| Texas | 178 | #220 | #105 |
| Delaware | 5 | #226 | #96 |
| Massachusetts | 27 | #226 | #95 |
| Tennessee | 39 | #228 | #128 |
| North Carolina | 53 | #235 | #109 |
| Arkansas | 15 | #239 | #112 |
| Kentucky | 23 | #240 | #108 |
| Washington | 31 | #247 | #164 |
| California | 150 | #251 | #127 |
| Nebraska | 10 | #258 | #224 |
| Indiana | 32 | #259 | #171 |
| South Carolina | 22 | #261 | #99 |
| Michigan | 35 | #281 | #140 |
| Oklahoma | 17 | #285 | #154 |
| Ohio | 41 | #301 | #152 |
| Kansas | 12 | #311 | #202 |
| Nevada | 10 | #313 | #127 |
| Illinois | 33 | #330 | #151 |
| Missouri | 19 | #340 | #141 |
| Idaho | 7 | #356 | #148 |
| Colorado | 17 | #374 | #179 |
| Arizona | 20 | #383 | #190 |
| Wisconsin | 12 | #424 | #176 |
| Utah | 10 | #455 | #220 |
| Iowa | 7 | #468 | #266 |
| Minnesota | 11 | #494 | #173 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 1,512 | #233 |
| 2024 | 6 | #14,287 | 1,796 | #199 |
| 2023 | — | — | 1,934 | #185 |
| 2022 | — | — | 2,079 | #181 |
| 2021 | — | — | 2,166 | #179 |
| 2020 | — | — | 2,312 | #166 |
| 2019 | 7 | #13,071 | 2,545 | #154 |
| 2018 | — | — | 2,809 | #141 |
| 2017 | — | — | 3,155 | #127 |
| 2016 | 6 | #15,204 | 3,569 | #112 |
| 2015 | 5 | #17,728 | 3,726 | #110 |
| 2014 | 5 | #17,778 | 4,033 | #96 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,604 | 4,875 | #85 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,622 | 5,906 | #74 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,881 | 7,129 | #59 |
| 2010 | 11 | #10,099 | 7,856 | #50 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,868 | 8,631 | #46 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,445 | 9,365 | #44 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,898 | 10,049 | #45 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,661 | 9,973 | #45 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,402 | 10,518 | #36 |
| 2004 | 50 | #3,099 | 11,879 | #30 |
| 2003 | 30 | #4,351 | 13,655 | #27 |
| 2002 | 33 | #3,925 | 14,906 | #22 |
| 2001 | 37 | #3,590 | 16,231 | #22 |
| 2000 | 48 | #2,960 | 17,784 | #19 |
| 1999 | 51 | #2,715 | 18,277 | #20 |
| 1998 | 50 | #2,711 | 17,971 | #20 |
| 1997 | 36 | #3,258 | 18,745 | #20 |
| 1996 | 58 | #2,295 | 20,015 | #20 |
| 1995 | 79 | #1,809 | 21,581 | #18 |
| 1994 | 64 | #2,133 | 20,940 | #20 |
| 1993 | 74 | #1,908 | 21,540 | #20 |
| 1992 | 87 | #1,723 | 23,620 | #18 |
| 1991 | 106 | #1,490 | 26,797 | #14 |
| 1990 | 139 | #1,216 | 30,649 | #9 |
| 1989 | 198 | #915 | 32,852 | #8 |
| 1988 | 241 | #781 | 35,055 | #7 |
| 1987 | 253 | #717 | 31,491 | #9 |
| 1986 | 244 | #729 | 26,638 | #14 |
| 1985 | 182 | #882 | 25,537 | #15 |
| 1984 | 180 | #852 | 26,769 | #13 |
| 1983 | 217 | #751 | 28,298 | #12 |
| 1982 | 201 | #803 | 29,115 | #12 |
| 1981 | 182 | #855 | 27,307 | #12 |
| 1980 | 161 | #930 | 26,763 | #13 |
| 1979 | 127 | #1,082 | 17,390 | #22 |
| 1978 | 118 | #1,108 | 14,183 | #28 |
| 1977 | 67 | #1,601 | 12,008 | #30 |
| 1976 | 67 | #1,527 | 10,144 | #33 |
| 1975 | 66 | #1,537 | 8,897 | #37 |
| 1974 | 39 | #2,111 | 7,429 | #43 |
| 1973 | 39 | #2,076 | 6,078 | #51 |
| 1972 | 26 | #2,704 | 4,975 | #60 |
| 1971 | 19 | #3,421 | 3,053 | #103 |
| 1970 | 25 | #2,813 | 2,382 | #138 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,379 | 1,664 | #167 |
| 1968 | 12 | #4,101 | 1,109 | #211 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,769 | 623 | #295 |
| 1966 | — | — | 505 | #336 |
| 1965 | — | — | 459 | #354 |
| 1964 | — | — | 491 | #355 |
| 1963 | — | — | 499 | #349 |
| 1962 | — | — | 510 | #348 |
| 1961 | — | — | 484 | #362 |
| 1960 | — | — | 362 | #419 |
| 1959 | — | — | 347 | #429 |
| 1958 | — | — | 304 | #449 |
| 1957 | — | — | 297 | #448 |
| 1956 | — | — | 279 | #455 |
| 1955 | — | — | 246 | #470 |
| 1954 | — | — | 213 | #500 |
| 1953 | — | — | 172 | #542 |
| 1952 | — | — | 174 | #534 |
| 1951 | — | — | 135 | #599 |
| 1950 | — | — | 128 | #605 |
| 1949 | — | — | 173 | #508 |
| 1948 | — | — | 137 | #570 |
| 1947 | — | — | 148 | #553 |
| 1946 | — | — | 141 | #540 |
| 1945 | — | — | 122 | #541 |
| 1944 | — | — | 106 | #596 |
| 1943 | — | — | 105 | #617 |
| 1942 | — | — | 107 | #609 |
| 1941 | — | — | 93 | #634 |
| 1940 | — | — | 84 | #663 |
| 1939 | — | — | 90 | #615 |
| 1938 | — | — | 85 | #649 |
| 1937 | — | — | 72 | #708 |
| 1936 | — | — | 61 | #785 |
| 1935 | — | — | 71 | #728 |
| 1934 | — | — | 68 | #742 |
| 1933 | — | — | 99 | #585 |
| 1932 | — | — | 83 | #672 |
| 1931 | — | — | 77 | #685 |
| 1930 | — | — | 113 | #564 |
| 1929 | — | — | 108 | #576 |
| 1928 | — | — | 121 | #557 |
| 1927 | — | — | 139 | #520 |
| 1926 | — | — | 125 | #544 |
| 1925 | — | — | 132 | #534 |
| 1924 | — | — | 161 | #489 |
| 1923 | 5 | #5,325 | 122 | #568 |
| 1922 | — | — | 140 | #528 |
| 1921 | — | — | 137 | #533 |
| 1920 | — | — | 107 | #610 |
| 1919 | — | — | 156 | #480 |
| 1918 | — | — | 144 | #498 |
| 1917 | — | — | 142 | #482 |
| 1916 | — | — | 123 | #513 |
| 1915 | — | — | 122 | #505 |
| 1914 | — | — | 81 | #552 |
| 1913 | — | — | 60 | #561 |
| 1912 | — | — | 67 | #483 |
| 1911 | — | — | 25 | #620 |
| 1910 | — | — | 18 | #721 |
| 1909 | — | — | 14 | #787 |
| 1908 | — | — | 18 | #622 |
| 1907 | — | — | 15 | #686 |
| 1906 | — | — | 14 | #662 |
| 1905 | — | — | 15 | #625 |
| 1904 | — | — | 16 | #579 |
| 1903 | — | — | 12 | #678 |
| 1902 | — | — | 9 | #829 |
| 1901 | — | — | 8 | #812 |
| 1900 | — | — | 18 | #594 |
| 1899 | — | — | 9 | #754 |
| 1898 | — | — | 15 | #555 |
| 1897 | — | — | 13 | #597 |
| 1896 | — | — | 17 | #511 |
| 1895 | — | — | 6 | #1,030 |
| 1894 | — | — | 15 | #529 |
| 1893 | — | — | 14 | #523 |
| 1892 | — | — | 7 | #909 |
| 1891 | — | — | 8 | #736 |
| 1890 | — | — | 13 | #551 |
| 1889 | — | — | 8 | #756 |
| 1888 | — | — | 9 | #729 |
| 1886 | — | — | 8 | #728 |
| 1885 | — | — | 9 | #674 |
| 1884 | — | — | 6 | #917 |
| 1881 | — | — | 7 | #747 |
| 1880 | — | — | 8 | #715 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).