Girls' name · since 1997
Justess
17 babies named Justess in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #47,819 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Justess sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 17 recorded since 1997.
Social Security Administration records show Justess recorded 17 times among girls since 1997, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2003.
- #47,819 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 17 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Justess ranks #47,819 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #47,819 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Justess's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Justess's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Justess splits its recorded history at 2000: 65% of all births land in the more recent half, 35% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2003 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1997 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Justess popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2003
- Peak year (1997)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2003.
17 total births across 7 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 6 births in a single year.
Justess by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (11 births, 65% of the file).
2000s was Justess's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Justess births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 11 births (65% of all-time use).
Justess decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Justess: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~6 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, 1997–2003 (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 Justess 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.
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