Unisex name · since 1880
Justice
Since 1880, U.S. Social Security records show 19,902 babies named Justice, peaking in 2002. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #843 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,112 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 19,902
- born since 1880
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Justice is the #1112 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 19,902 recorded since 1880.
Justice has 19,902 recorded births among boys since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1112 as of the latest data, more common than 92% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #843 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,112 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 19,902 born since 1880
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Justice ranks #843 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,112 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 19,902 born since 1880, peaking in the 2000s.
- #843 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,112 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 19,902
- born since 1880
- 2000s
- peak decade
Justice's 19,902 recorded births place it above 98.14% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
47 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Justice compares
19,902 Top 7% higher than 93% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Justice's all-time total is 54x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Justice | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 19,902 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 832 | 34 | 22,252 |
Justice's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Justice splits its recorded history at 1970: 98% of all births land in the more recent half, 2% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1880 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2002 peak of 832 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Justice popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2002)
- 832
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Justice popularity over time - girls
18,772 total births recorded since 1972 (Justice as girls' name)
Justice by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (6,930 births, 35% of the file).
2000s was Justice's strongest decade.
6,930 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Justice births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 5
1880s
5 births
- 1900s 10
1900s
10 births
- 1910s 84
1910s
84 births
- 1920s 119
1920s
119 births
- 1930s 83
1930s
83 births
- 1940s 68
1940s
68 births
- 1950s 54
1950s
54 births
- 1960s 47
1960s
47 births
- 1970s 237
1970s
237 births
- 1980s 358
1980s
358 births
- 1990s
1990s
4,749 births
- 2000s
2000s
6,930 births
- 2010s
2010s
5,335 births
- 2020s 1,823
2020s
1,823 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 6,930 births (35% of all-time use).
How Justice 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 Justice's total volume
Justice by state
Where Justice concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,614 | 8.1% |
| #2 | New York | | 1,608 | 8.1% |
| #3 | Texas | | 1,443 | 7.3% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 992 | 5.0% |
| #5 | Florida | | 978 | 4.9% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 786 | 3.9% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 680 | 3.4% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 562 | 2.8% |
1,614 of 19,902 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 47 reporting states.
Justice appears in 47 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Justice's data
- Justice's decade-level peak was the 2000s (6,930 total births); usage has since declined to 1,823 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Justices (1,614 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Justice: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Justice 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.