Justice
Justice is given to both girls and boys: 162 girls and 193 boys were given it in 2025 (#1,363 among girls’ names and #1,113 among boys’, #1,497 among all names counting both); 38,674 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026). Boys have outnumbered girls among babies named Justice every year since 2025.
An estimated 37,800 Americans named Justice and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (98% of everyone recorded); the median is 20 years old and half are between 12 and 27.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Justice by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Justice mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Justice is “a male or female given name from English from the abstract noun justice.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Justice?
#1,113 among boys’ names, 2025
Justice fell from #521 in 2015 to #1,113 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.29 to 0.11 per 1,000.
1,689 babies in 1996, the peak
Justice peaked in 1996, when 1,689 babies were given it (827 boys, #320 among boys’ names). The 355 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 21% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 162 | #1,363 | 193 | #1,113 |
| 2024 | 206 | #1,167 | 203 | #1,074 |
| 2023 | 247 | #1,025 | 259 | #898 |
| 2022 | 322 | #863 | 328 | #771 |
| 2021 | 390 | #730 | 440 | #626 |
| 2020 | 511 | #575 | 400 | #658 |
| 2019 | 532 | #571 | 460 | #599 |
| 2018 | 580 | #541 | 496 | #557 |
| 2017 | 628 | #500 | 487 | #559 |
| 2016 | 673 | #473 | 612 | #494 |
Every recorded year (111)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 704 | #449 | 554 | #521 |
| 2014 | 765 | #420 | 529 | #524 |
| 2013 | 708 | #430 | 592 | #470 |
| 2012 | 587 | #517 | 512 | #516 |
| 2011 | 552 | #525 | 506 | #512 |
| 2010 | 551 | #533 | 587 | #456 |
| 2009 | 550 | #556 | 665 | #428 |
| 2008 | 573 | #538 | 680 | #425 |
| 2007 | 525 | #571 | 742 | #397 |
| 2006 | 547 | #542 | 723 | #409 |
| 2005 | 538 | #536 | 599 | #440 |
| 2004 | 592 | #497 | 650 | #401 |
| 2003 | 666 | #451 | 666 | #393 |
| 2002 | 725 | #402 | 832 | #332 |
| 2001 | 624 | #446 | 717 | #371 |
| 2000 | 477 | #545 | 656 | #390 |
| 1999 | 521 | #500 | 664 | #389 |
| 1998 | 608 | #435 | 785 | #342 |
| 1997 | 680 | #386 | 802 | #328 |
| 1996 | 862 | #325 | 827 | #320 |
| 1995 | 1,046 | #261 | 600 | #388 |
| 1994 | 719 | #362 | 469 | #467 |
| 1993 | 175 | #1,049 | 268 | #627 |
| 1992 | 36 | #3,163 | 164 | #821 |
| 1991 | 30 | #3,568 | 103 | #1,069 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,152 | 67 | #1,360 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,719 | 45 | #1,717 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,077 | 38 | #1,798 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,416 | 39 | #1,719 |
| 1986 | 15 | #5,061 | 34 | #1,812 |
| 1985 | 5 | #11,417 | 32 | #1,850 |
| 1984 | under 5 | 27 | #2,008 | |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,531 | 28 | #1,928 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,729 | 46 | #1,402 |
| 1981 | under 5 | 39 | #1,562 | |
| 1980 | 9 | #7,041 | 30 | #1,887 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,423 | 33 | #1,736 |
| 1978 | 7 | #8,001 | 26 | #1,942 |
| 1977 | under 5 | 31 | #1,722 | |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,632 | 18 | #2,460 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,716 | 28 | #1,768 |
| 1974 | under 5 | 28 | #1,726 | |
| 1973 | under 5 | 19 | #2,172 | |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,851 | 20 | #2,048 |
| 1971 | under 5 | 22 | #1,954 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 12 | #2,795 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 8 | #3,444 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 7 | #3,516 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 7 | #3,404 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 5 | #4,186 | |
| 1963 | under 5 | 8 | #3,185 | |
| 1962 | under 5 | 7 | #3,467 | |
| 1961 | under 5 | 5 | #4,359 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 7 | #3,429 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 5 | #4,230 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 5 | #4,269 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 5 | #4,131 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 7 | #3,302 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 5 | #4,082 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 6 | #3,556 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 8 | #2,949 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 6 | #3,500 | |
| 1949 | under 5 | 6 | #3,512 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 7 | #3,166 | |
| 1947 | under 5 | 8 | #2,989 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 9 | #2,617 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 12 | #2,062 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 5 | #3,795 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 12 | #2,205 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 9 | #2,567 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 10 | #2,358 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 11 | #2,261 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 6 | #3,338 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 6 | #3,354 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 7 | #3,112 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 6 | #3,483 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 10 | #2,452 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 11 | #2,394 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 9 | #2,771 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 7 | #3,443 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 12 | #2,393 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 16 | #2,007 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 17 | #1,991 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 7 | #3,558 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 12 | #2,511 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 11 | #2,743 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 12 | #2,528 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 7 | #3,701 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 14 | #2,313 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 11 | #2,677 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 16 | #2,018 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 11 | #2,623 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 15 | #2,042 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 13 | #2,204 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 7 | #3,230 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 8 | #2,538 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 9 | #2,018 | |
| 1910 | under 5 | 5 | #1,723 | |
| 1904 | under 5 | 5 | #1,305 | |
| 1902 | under 5 | 5 | #1,225 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 5 | #993 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Justice a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 38,674 Americans recorded as Justice, 49% are girls and 51% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Justice: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Justice, and how old are they?
37,800 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 98% of the 38,674 Americans ever recorded as Justice. The median Justice alive today is 20 years old; half are between 12 and 27.
The 2020 Census counted 28,889 people named Justice (13,500 women and girls, 15,389 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 34,528 born in the U.S. The Census count is 16% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 25 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 66 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 309 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 5,650 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 19,800 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 11,900 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Justice born?
The states with the most babies named Justice are California, Texas and Georgia, with 34% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 32 | #1,099 | 0.6× |
| Texas | 31 | #1,193 | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 26 | #662 | 1.4× |
| Florida | 23 | #1,093 | 1.0× |
| Ohio | 18 | #774 | 1.0× |
| North Carolina | 16 | #803 | 1.4× |
| Michigan | 16 | #950 | 1.0× |
| New York | 13 | #968 | 0.8× |
| Virginia | 13 | #835 | 1.0× |
| Maryland | 8 | not ranked | 1.0× |
Where Justice is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Justice is most over-represented in South Carolina: since 1910 it was given 1.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Justice with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 38,839 babies since 1880, Justice is the most given (100% of them). In 2025 it was given to 355 of their 355 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Justice
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Justice and names like it
- Compare Justice and JustissBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sJustice peaked in 1996.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Justice since 1910.
- English namesWiktionary’s origin for Justice: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1996The year the most babies were named Justice.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Justice alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with JMost given first.