Boys' name · since 1972
Justan
Justan has 532 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1989 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,605 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 532
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
532 boys have been named Justan since 1972, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Justan has 532 recorded births among boys since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2024.
- #7,605 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 532 born since 1972
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Justan ranks #7,605 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 532 born since 1972, peaking in the 1980s.
- #7,605 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 532
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Justan's 532 recorded births place it above 83.27% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Justan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Justan's full recorded timeline at 1993, 41% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 59% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1972, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1989 peak of 32 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Justan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2024
- Peak year (1989)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Justan by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (203 births, 38% of the file).
1980s was Justan's strongest decade.
203 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Justan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 55
1970s
55 births
- 1980s
1980s
203 births
- 1990s
1990s
160 births
- 2000s
2000s
104 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 203 births (38% of all-time use).
How Justan compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Justan's total volume
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What to do with Justan's data
- Justan's decade-level peak was the 1980s (203 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Justan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1972–2024 (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 Justan 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.