Justin — #199 US boys' name
788,927 babies named Justin in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99% of names given to boys today.
37% of everyone ever named Justin was born in this single decade.
35,055 babies were named Justin in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Justin
The Social Security Administration has registered 788,927 babies named Justin between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Justin currently holds the #199 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 35,055 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Justin performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 289,826 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Justin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 82,757 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Justin in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Justin 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 788,927 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.
Justin at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
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Justin popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1988)
- 35,055
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #199 among boys.
788,927 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 35,055 births in a single year.
Justin popularity over time — girls
3,804 total births recorded since 1923 (Justin as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Justin accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Justin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 289,826 births that decade — 37% of Justin's all-time total
Justin decade highlights
- Peak decade 289,826 births
- Runner-up 220,128 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Justin's strongest decade
289,826 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Justin by state
Where Justin concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 82,757 | 10.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 61,161 | 7.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 57,290 | 7.3% |
| #4 | Florida | | 37,144 | 4.7% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 35,389 | 4.5% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 33,332 | 4.2% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 29,342 | 3.7% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 28,340 | 3.6% |
82,757 of 788,927 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 10.5% of nationwide
- Texas 7.8% of nationwide
- New York 7.3% of nationwide
- Florida 4.7% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 4.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Justin appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1880–2024 (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.