Justin
Justin was given to 1,512 boys in 2025, #233 among boys’ names; 794,273 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 752,000 Americans named Justin and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (95% of everyone recorded); the median is 36 years old and half are between 27 and 43.
Justin is the #31 most common first name among living American men and boys, by this estimate.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Justin by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Justin mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Justin is “a male given name from Latin, popular in the English-speaking world since the 1970s.” Its etymology gives the sense “just” (iūstus).
Name of early saints, Latin Iūstīnus, from Iūstus + -īnus, from iūstus (“just”).
/ˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪn/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Justin?
#233 among boys’ names, 2025
Justin fell from #110 in 2015 to #233 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 1.9 to 0.89 per 1,000.
35,296 babies in 1988, the peak
Justin peaked in 1988, when 35,296 babies were given it (35,055 boys, #7 among boys’ names). The 1,512 births of 2025 are 4% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,512 | #233 | 0.89 |
| 2024 | 1,796 | #199 | 1.0 |
| 2023 | 1,934 | #185 | 1.1 |
| 2022 | 2,079 | #181 | 1.2 |
| 2021 | 2,166 | #179 | 1.2 |
| 2020 | 2,312 | #166 | 1.3 |
| 2019 | 2,545 | #154 | 1.4 |
| 2018 | 2,809 | #141 | 1.5 |
| 2017 | 3,155 | #127 | 1.7 |
| 2016 | 3,569 | #112 | 1.9 |
Every recorded year (143)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3,726 | #110 | 1.9 |
| 2014 | 4,033 | #96 | 2.1 |
| 2013 | 4,875 | #85 | 2.6 |
| 2012 | 5,906 | #74 | 3.1 |
| 2011 | 7,129 | #59 | 3.8 |
| 2010 | 7,856 | #50 | 4.1 |
| 2009 | 8,631 | #46 | 4.4 |
| 2008 | 9,365 | #44 | 4.6 |
| 2007 | 10,049 | #45 | 4.8 |
| 2006 | 9,973 | #45 | 4.9 |
| 2005 | 10,518 | #36 | 5.3 |
| 2004 | 11,879 | #30 | 6.0 |
| 2003 | 13,655 | #27 | 6.9 |
| 2002 | 14,906 | #22 | 7.7 |
| 2001 | 16,231 | #22 | 8.4 |
| 2000 | 17,784 | #19 | 9.1 |
| 1999 | 18,277 | #20 | 9.5 |
| 1998 | 17,971 | #20 | 9.4 |
| 1997 | 18,745 | #20 | 9.9 |
| 1996 | 20,015 | #20 | 10.6 |
| 1995 | 21,581 | #18 | 11.3 |
| 1994 | 20,940 | #20 | 10.8 |
| 1993 | 21,540 | #20 | 11.0 |
| 1992 | 23,620 | #18 | 11.8 |
| 1991 | 26,797 | #14 | 13.3 |
| 1990 | 30,649 | #9 | 14.9 |
| 1989 | 32,852 | #8 | 16.4 |
| 1988 | 35,055 | #7 | 18.3 |
| 1987 | 31,491 | #9 | 16.9 |
| 1986 | 26,638 | #14 | 14.5 |
| 1985 | 25,537 | #15 | 13.8 |
| 1984 | 26,769 | #13 | 14.8 |
| 1983 | 28,298 | #12 | 15.8 |
| 1982 | 29,115 | #12 | 16.0 |
| 1981 | 27,307 | #12 | 15.2 |
| 1980 | 26,763 | #13 | 15.0 |
| 1979 | 17,390 | #22 | 10.1 |
| 1978 | 14,183 | #28 | 8.6 |
| 1977 | 12,008 | #30 | 7.3 |
| 1976 | 10,144 | #33 | 6.5 |
| 1975 | 8,897 | #37 | 5.7 |
| 1974 | 7,429 | #43 | 4.7 |
| 1973 | 6,078 | #51 | 3.9 |
| 1972 | 4,975 | #60 | 3.1 |
| 1971 | 3,053 | #103 | 1.7 |
| 1970 | 2,382 | #138 | 1.3 |
| 1969 | 1,664 | #167 | 0.93 |
| 1968 | 1,109 | #211 | 0.64 |
| 1967 | 623 | #295 | 0.36 |
| 1966 | 505 | #336 | 0.28 |
| 1965 | 459 | #354 | 0.25 |
| 1964 | 491 | #355 | 0.25 |
| 1963 | 499 | #349 | 0.25 |
| 1962 | 510 | #348 | 0.25 |
| 1961 | 484 | #362 | 0.23 |
| 1960 | 362 | #419 | 0.17 |
| 1959 | 347 | #429 | 0.16 |
| 1958 | 304 | #449 | 0.14 |
| 1957 | 297 | #447 | 0.14 |
| 1956 | 279 | #454 | 0.13 |
| 1955 | 246 | #469 | 0.12 |
| 1954 | 213 | #499 | 0.10 |
| 1953 | 172 | #541 | 0.09 |
| 1952 | 174 | #533 | 0.09 |
| 1951 | 135 | #598 | 0.07 |
| 1950 | 128 | #604 | 0.07 |
| 1949 | 173 | #507 | 0.10 |
| 1948 | 137 | #569 | 0.08 |
| 1947 | 148 | #553 | 0.08 |
| 1946 | 141 | #540 | 0.09 |
| 1945 | 122 | #541 | 0.09 |
| 1944 | 106 | #596 | 0.08 |
| 1943 | 105 | #617 | 0.07 |
| 1942 | 107 | #609 | 0.08 |
| 1941 | 93 | #634 | 0.08 |
| 1940 | 84 | #663 | 0.07 |
| 1939 | 90 | #615 | 0.08 |
| 1938 | 85 | #649 | 0.08 |
| 1937 | 72 | #708 | 0.07 |
| 1936 | 61 | #785 | 0.06 |
| 1935 | 71 | #728 | 0.07 |
| 1934 | 68 | #742 | 0.07 |
| 1933 | 99 | #585 | 0.10 |
| 1932 | 83 | #672 | 0.08 |
| 1931 | 77 | #685 | 0.07 |
| 1930 | 113 | #564 | 0.10 |
| 1929 | 108 | #576 | 0.10 |
| 1928 | 121 | #557 | 0.11 |
| 1927 | 139 | #520 | 0.12 |
| 1926 | 125 | #544 | 0.11 |
| 1925 | 132 | #534 | 0.12 |
| 1924 | 161 | #489 | 0.14 |
| 1923 | 122 | #568 | 0.11 |
| 1922 | 140 | #528 | 0.13 |
| 1921 | 137 | #533 | 0.12 |
| 1920 | 107 | #610 | 0.10 |
| 1919 | 156 | #480 | 0.16 |
| 1918 | 144 | #498 | 0.14 |
| 1917 | 142 | #482 | 0.15 |
| 1916 | 123 | #513 | 0.14 |
| 1915 | 122 | #505 | 0.14 |
| 1914 | 81 | #552 | 0.12 |
| 1913 | 60 | #561 | 0.12 |
| 1912 | 67 | #483 | 0.16 |
| 1911 | 25 | #620 | 0.11 |
| 1910 | 18 | #721 | 0.09 |
| 1909 | 14 | #787 | 0.09 |
| 1908 | 18 | #622 | 0.12 |
| 1907 | 15 | #686 | 0.10 |
| 1906 | 14 | #662 | 0.11 |
| 1905 | 15 | #625 | 0.11 |
| 1904 | 16 | #579 | 0.12 |
| 1903 | 12 | #678 | 0.10 |
| 1902 | 9 | #828 | 0.07 |
| 1901 | 8 | #811 | 0.08 |
| 1900 | 18 | #594 | 0.12 |
| 1899 | 9 | #754 | 0.08 |
| 1898 | 15 | #555 | 0.12 |
| 1897 | 13 | #597 | 0.12 |
| 1896 | 17 | #511 | 0.14 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,029 | 0.05 |
| 1894 | 15 | #529 | 0.13 |
| 1893 | 14 | #523 | 0.12 |
| 1892 | 7 | #908 | 0.06 |
| 1891 | 8 | #735 | 0.08 |
| 1890 | 13 | #551 | 0.12 |
| 1889 | 8 | #756 | 0.07 |
| 1888 | 9 | #729 | 0.07 |
| 1886 | 8 | #728 | 0.07 |
| 1885 | 9 | #674 | 0.08 |
| 1884 | 6 | #917 | 0.05 |
| 1881 | 7 | #746 | 0.07 |
| 1880 | 8 | #715 | 0.07 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Justin a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Justin has been given almost only to boys: 3,804 girls in 143 years of records.
Girls and boys named Justin: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Justin, and how old are they?
752,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 95% of the 794,273 Americans ever recorded as Justin. The median Justin alive today is 36 years old; half are between 27 and 43.
The 2020 Census counted 668,566 people named Justin (1,585 women and girls, 666,981 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 752,111 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% 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 | 332 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,690 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 108,000 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 409,000 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 196,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 36,300 |
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 Justin born?
The states with the most babies named Justin are Texas, California and Florida, with 31% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 178 | #220 | 0.9× |
| California | 150 | #251 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 137 | #156 | 1.0× |
| New York | 105 | #190 | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 69 | #186 | 1.0× |
| Georgia | 59 | #208 | 1.1× |
| New Jersey | 56 | #181 | 1.0× |
| North Carolina | 53 | #235 | 1.1× |
| Virginia | 45 | #197 | 1.0× |
| Ohio | 41 | #301 | 0.9× |
Where Justin is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Justin is most over-represented in Wyoming: since 1910 it was given 1.1 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 Justin 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 8 names spelled alike, given to 806,311 babies since 1880, Justin is the most given (99% of them). In 2025 it was given to 1,512 of their 1,547 babies (98%), 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 Justin
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 Justin and names like it
- Compare Justin and JustynBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sJustin peaked in 1988.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Justin since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Justin: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1988The year the most babies were named Justin.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Justin alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with JMost given first.