Justene — girls' name
158 babies named Justene in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
56% of everyone ever named Justene was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Justene in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Justene
The Social Security Administration has registered 158 babies named Justene between 1985 and 2010, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Justene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Justene performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 89 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Justene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Justene in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Justene 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 158 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.
Justene at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Justene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1985
- Peak year (1989)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
158 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 16 births in a single year.
Justene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 89 births that decade — 56% of Justene's all-time total
Justene decade highlights
- Peak decade 89 births
- Runner-up 43 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Justene's strongest decade
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
Justene by state
Where Justene concentrates geographically — total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 12 | 7.6% |
12 of 158 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 7.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1985–2010 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.