Girls' name · since 1894
Justa
Justa has 204 recorded births since 1894 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1975 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,603 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 204
- born since 1894
- 1980s
- peak decade
Justa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 204 recorded since 1894.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Justa has been recorded 204 times among girls since 1894, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1894 to 2002.
- #19,603 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 204 born since 1894
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Justa ranks #19,603 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 204 born since 1894, peaking in the 1980s.
- #19,603 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 204
- born since 1894
- 1980s
- peak decade
Justa's 204 recorded births place it above 72.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Justa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Justa's SSA record in two at 1973 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1909, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1975 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Justa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1894–2002
- Peak year (1975)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
Justa by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (55 births, 27% of the file).
1980s was Justa's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Justa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 7
1890s
7 births
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
32 births
- 1920s 14
1920s
14 births
- 1930s 15
1930s
15 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 15
1950s
15 births
- 1970s
1970s
38 births
- 1980s
1980s
55 births
- 1990s 13
1990s
13 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 55 births (27% of all-time use).
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- Justa's decade-level peak was the 1980s (55 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Justa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~108 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1894–2002 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Justa draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.