Justin
Justin is ranked 199th among boys in 2024 (1,788 births). Its best rank was 7th, in 1988.
- Rank in 2024
- #199down 14 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,7880.10% of boys
- Peak year
- 198835,055 births
- Best rank
- #7in 1988
- Since 1880
- 792,731people given the name
The story in the numbers
788,927 boys have been named Justin in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1988, with 35,055 births — 1.8% of all boys recorded that year.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago (rank 96 → 199).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1990, and the 1980s alone account for 37%. It has spent 141 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 43 of them in the top 100 and 4 in the top 10.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 3,804 girls have also been given it, 0.48% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Justin | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 55 | |
| 1890s | 117 | |
| 1900s | 139 | |
| 1910s | 938 | |
| 1920s | 1,292 | |
| 1930s | 819 | |
| 1940s | 1,216 | |
| 1950s | 2,297 | |
| 1960s | 6,706 | |
| 1970s | 86,547 | |
| 1980s | 289,826 | |
| 1990s | 220,128 | |
| 2000s | 122,988 | |
| 2010s | 45,589 | |
| 2020s | 10,270 |
In 1988, its biggest year
Justin was the 7th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1988 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Andrew. See all of 1988.
Names that rose and fell with Justin
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Joshuapeak 1989
- Tyrelpeak 1981
- Jonmichaelpeak 1985
- Dustenpeak 1985
- Jerredpeak 1988
- Justenpeak 1990
- Jamallpeak 1980
- Longpeak 1988
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.