Meaning not yet researched.
Justus: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 79 in 2025. Its best rank was #589 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #589 in 1880; #1,952 in 2025. About 92% of babies named Justus in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,952 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #589.
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Justus: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 79 boys in 2025. Peak: #589 in 1880 · most boys in one year: 300 (2007).
In 2025, 79 US boys were named Justus, making it the 1,952nd most common boys’ name of the year, down 139 places from #1,813 in 2024. That is 11 fewer than the 90 boys named Justus in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #589, reached in 1880. The most boys given the name in a single year was 300, in 2007. For comparison, it was #861 in 2015 and #3,504 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Justus in 124 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 11 babies. In all, 9,958 US babies have been given the name, 8.2% of them girls and 92% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 3,053 babies named Justus.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,645 US boys were named Justus; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 236. In 2025 that was about 1 in 21,621 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Justus ranked highest in Virginia in 2025, at #836 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Justis (1,924 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Justise, Justiss and Justess are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Justise (330), Justiss (165), Justess (17), Justyse (16), Justiz (10), Just (5), Justas (5), Justys (5).
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.
No nicknames listed for Justus in the open dataset we use.
Justus is listed as a nickname for Justin.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 47 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 8 | #836 | #645 |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,441 | #954 |
| Florida | 6 | #1,730 | #1,061 |
| Texas | 9 | #1,831 | #848 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #12,501 | 79 | #1,952 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,657 | 90 | #1,813 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,434 | 146 | #1,311 |
| 2022 | 6 | #14,397 | 141 | #1,333 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,832 | 174 | #1,153 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,189 | 168 | #1,154 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,551 | 193 | #1,058 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,534 | 215 | #966 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,439 | 203 | #1,001 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,281 | 236 | #913 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,375 | 262 | #861 |
| 2014 | 21 | #6,099 | 278 | #819 |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,701 | 270 | #811 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,790 | 291 | #780 |
| 2011 | 22 | #6,038 | 251 | #851 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,506 | 250 | #849 |
| 2009 | 32 | #4,625 | 289 | #786 |
| 2008 | 31 | #4,808 | 278 | #790 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,682 | 300 | #747 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,454 | 294 | #731 |
| 2005 | 39 | #3,767 | 277 | #731 |
| 2004 | 36 | #3,944 | 258 | #734 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,150 | 225 | #776 |
| 2002 | 39 | #3,491 | 297 | #647 |
| 2001 | 30 | #4,144 | 261 | #690 |
| 2000 | 35 | #3,694 | 255 | #694 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,649 | 257 | #665 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,462 | 231 | #717 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,503 | 236 | #685 |
| 1996 | 39 | #3,054 | 248 | #666 |
| 1995 | 43 | #2,811 | 219 | #722 |
| 1994 | 39 | #3,007 | 162 | #841 |
| 1993 | 8 | #10,002 | 109 | #1,066 |
| 1992 | — | — | 87 | #1,204 |
| 1991 | — | — | 60 | #1,473 |
| 1990 | — | — | 43 | #1,827 |
| 1989 | — | — | 38 | #1,939 |
| 1988 | — | — | 29 | #2,169 |
| 1987 | — | — | 41 | #1,672 |
| 1986 | — | — | 23 | #2,392 |
| 1985 | — | — | 42 | #1,557 |
| 1984 | — | — | 30 | #1,865 |
| 1983 | — | — | 54 | #1,258 |
| 1982 | — | — | 46 | #1,404 |
| 1981 | — | — | 41 | #1,510 |
| 1980 | — | — | 52 | #1,300 |
| 1979 | — | — | 37 | #1,584 |
| 1978 | — | — | 39 | #1,493 |
| 1977 | — | — | 36 | #1,558 |
| 1976 | — | — | 39 | #1,439 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,689 | 29 | #1,728 |
| 1974 | — | — | 35 | #1,486 |
| 1973 | — | — | 18 | #2,273 |
| 1972 | — | — | 19 | #2,120 |
| 1971 | — | — | 11 | #3,063 |
| 1970 | — | — | 5 | #5,088 |
| 1969 | — | — | 6 | #4,168 |
| 1967 | — | — | 6 | #3,764 |
| 1966 | — | — | 8 | #3,117 |
| 1965 | — | — | 13 | #2,317 |
| 1964 | — | — | 9 | #2,963 |
| 1963 | — | — | 11 | #2,606 |
| 1961 | — | — | 12 | #2,478 |
| 1959 | — | — | 5 | #4,280 |
| 1958 | — | — | 13 | #2,316 |
| 1957 | — | — | 6 | #3,768 |
| 1956 | — | — | 11 | #2,563 |
| 1955 | — | — | 5 | #4,133 |
| 1954 | — | — | 9 | #2,851 |
| 1953 | — | — | 7 | #3,266 |
| 1952 | — | — | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1951 | — | — | 13 | #2,191 |
| 1950 | — | — | 6 | #3,504 |
| 1949 | — | — | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1948 | — | — | 6 | #3,492 |
| 1947 | — | — | 14 | #2,120 |
| 1946 | — | — | 9 | #2,619 |
| 1945 | — | — | 21 | #1,473 |
| 1944 | — | — | 12 | #2,127 |
| 1943 | — | — | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1942 | — | — | 10 | #2,458 |
| 1941 | — | — | 8 | #2,770 |
| 1940 | — | — | 8 | #2,763 |
| 1939 | — | — | 11 | #2,231 |
| 1938 | — | — | 11 | #2,263 |
| 1937 | — | — | 10 | #2,401 |
| 1936 | — | — | 13 | #2,012 |
| 1935 | — | — | 8 | #2,826 |
| 1934 | — | — | 11 | #2,336 |
| 1933 | — | — | 12 | #2,157 |
| 1932 | — | — | 12 | #2,254 |
| 1931 | — | — | 11 | #2,396 |
| 1930 | — | — | 14 | #2,132 |
| 1929 | — | — | 13 | #2,260 |
| 1928 | — | — | 15 | #2,107 |
| 1927 | — | — | 16 | #2,085 |
| 1926 | — | — | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1925 | — | — | 17 | #1,968 |
| 1924 | — | — | 22 | #1,703 |
| 1923 | — | — | 25 | #1,526 |
| 1922 | — | — | 28 | #1,419 |
| 1921 | — | — | 28 | #1,433 |
| 1920 | — | — | 26 | #1,480 |
| 1919 | — | — | 27 | #1,400 |
| 1918 | — | — | 24 | #1,519 |
| 1917 | — | — | 28 | #1,311 |
| 1916 | — | — | 25 | #1,399 |
| 1915 | — | — | 26 | #1,325 |
| 1914 | — | — | 22 | #1,288 |
| 1913 | — | — | 22 | #1,092 |
| 1912 | — | — | 11 | #1,577 |
| 1911 | — | — | 6 | #1,642 |
| 1910 | — | — | 5 | #1,726 |
| 1903 | — | — | 7 | #962 |
| 1902 | — | — | 5 | #1,227 |
| 1901 | — | — | 8 | #813 |
| 1897 | — | — | 5 | #1,148 |
| 1894 | — | — | 5 | #1,174 |
| 1890 | — | — | 5 | #1,082 |
| 1885 | — | — | 6 | #883 |
| 1884 | — | — | 6 | #918 |
| 1882 | — | — | 9 | #676 |
| 1881 | — | — | 5 | #947 |
| 1880 | — | — | 11 | #589 |
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).