Justen — #7846 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Justen

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,046 babies named Justen between 1966 and 2024, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Justen currently holds the #7846 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 197 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Justen performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,383 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Justen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 421 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Justen in 28 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Justen in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,046 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.