Justine
Justine was given to 40 girls in 2025, #3,740 among girls’ names; 40,620 Americans have been recorded with it since 1881 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 34,200 Americans named Justine and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (84% of everyone recorded); the median is 37 years old and half are between 30 and 44.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Justine by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Justine mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Justine is “a female given name from Latin.” Its etymology gives the sense “just” (iūstus).
Also “a male given name from French and Latin, of chiefly Philippine usage, variant of Justin.”
From French Justine, from Latin Iūstīna, name of early saints, feminine of Iūstīnus, derivative of Iūstus, from iūstus (“just”). The feminine equivalent of Justin.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Justine?
#3,740 among girls’ names, 2025
Justine fell from #1,966 in 2015 to #3,740 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 57.1 to 24.9 per million.
1,750 babies in 1988, the peak
Justine peaked in 1988, when 1,750 babies were given it (1,591 girls, #177 among girls’ names). The 40 births of 2025 are 2% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,740 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 44 | #3,541 | 0.03 |
| 2023 | 43 | #3,621 | 0.03 |
| 2022 | 48 | #3,340 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,903 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 50 | #3,163 | 0.03 |
| 2019 | 67 | #2,616 | 0.04 |
| 2018 | 84 | #2,209 | 0.05 |
| 2017 | 98 | #2,012 | 0.06 |
| 2016 | 104 | #1,936 | 0.06 |
Every recorded year (143)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 102 | #1,966 | 0.06 |
| 2014 | 101 | #1,971 | 0.06 |
| 2013 | 123 | #1,698 | 0.07 |
| 2012 | 140 | #1,562 | 0.08 |
| 2011 | 170 | #1,356 | 0.10 |
| 2010 | 177 | #1,331 | 0.10 |
| 2009 | 212 | #1,188 | 0.12 |
| 2008 | 291 | #935 | 0.15 |
| 2007 | 293 | #923 | 0.15 |
| 2006 | 273 | #956 | 0.14 |
| 2005 | 323 | #801 | 0.17 |
| 2004 | 409 | #672 | 0.22 |
| 2003 | 464 | #591 | 0.25 |
| 2002 | 452 | #579 | 0.25 |
| 2001 | 482 | #546 | 0.27 |
| 2000 | 584 | #474 | 0.32 |
| 1999 | 599 | #447 | 0.34 |
| 1998 | 754 | #377 | 0.43 |
| 1997 | 982 | #292 | 0.56 |
| 1996 | 1,093 | #259 | 0.62 |
| 1995 | 957 | #290 | 0.54 |
| 1994 | 1,161 | #240 | 0.65 |
| 1993 | 1,201 | #231 | 0.66 |
| 1992 | 1,256 | #224 | 0.68 |
| 1991 | 1,341 | #217 | 0.72 |
| 1990 | 1,564 | #188 | 0.82 |
| 1989 | 1,565 | #178 | 0.85 |
| 1988 | 1,591 | #177 | 0.89 |
| 1987 | 1,587 | #176 | 0.91 |
| 1986 | 1,259 | #210 | 0.73 |
| 1985 | 939 | #266 | 0.55 |
| 1984 | 665 | #345 | 0.39 |
| 1983 | 522 | #413 | 0.31 |
| 1982 | 312 | #583 | 0.18 |
| 1981 | 309 | #595 | 0.19 |
| 1980 | 329 | #564 | 0.20 |
| 1979 | 280 | #627 | 0.17 |
| 1978 | 216 | #727 | 0.14 |
| 1977 | 210 | #736 | 0.14 |
| 1976 | 202 | #724 | 0.14 |
| 1975 | 240 | #641 | 0.16 |
| 1974 | 252 | #619 | 0.17 |
| 1973 | 270 | #586 | 0.19 |
| 1972 | 317 | #534 | 0.21 |
| 1971 | 348 | #526 | 0.21 |
| 1970 | 410 | #487 | 0.23 |
| 1969 | 355 | #521 | 0.21 |
| 1968 | 281 | #571 | 0.17 |
| 1967 | 290 | #553 | 0.18 |
| 1966 | 360 | #493 | 0.21 |
| 1965 | 319 | #532 | 0.18 |
| 1964 | 337 | #537 | 0.18 |
| 1963 | 310 | #551 | 0.16 |
| 1962 | 307 | #558 | 0.16 |
| 1961 | 227 | #694 | 0.11 |
| 1960 | 217 | #690 | 0.11 |
| 1959 | 219 | #676 | 0.11 |
| 1958 | 253 | #620 | 0.13 |
| 1957 | 110 | #992 | 0.05 |
| 1956 | 107 | #982 | 0.05 |
| 1955 | 106 | #961 | 0.05 |
| 1954 | 98 | #987 | 0.05 |
| 1953 | 127 | #822 | 0.07 |
| 1952 | 115 | #859 | 0.06 |
| 1951 | 118 | #823 | 0.07 |
| 1950 | 122 | #788 | 0.07 |
| 1949 | 135 | #732 | 0.08 |
| 1948 | 126 | #762 | 0.07 |
| 1947 | 136 | #735 | 0.08 |
| 1946 | 143 | #667 | 0.09 |
| 1945 | 124 | #663 | 0.09 |
| 1944 | 116 | #698 | 0.09 |
| 1943 | 146 | #630 | 0.10 |
| 1942 | 119 | #685 | 0.09 |
| 1941 | 146 | #580 | 0.12 |
| 1940 | 139 | #591 | 0.12 |
| 1939 | 117 | #626 | 0.11 |
| 1938 | 171 | #511 | 0.15 |
| 1937 | 109 | #653 | 0.10 |
| 1936 | 99 | #664 | 0.10 |
| 1935 | 93 | #698 | 0.09 |
| 1934 | 128 | #569 | 0.12 |
| 1933 | 132 | #554 | 0.13 |
| 1932 | 125 | #589 | 0.12 |
| 1931 | 125 | #592 | 0.12 |
| 1930 | 133 | #598 | 0.12 |
| 1929 | 133 | #592 | 0.12 |
| 1928 | 142 | #592 | 0.12 |
| 1927 | 175 | #538 | 0.15 |
| 1926 | 159 | #567 | 0.13 |
| 1925 | 177 | #538 | 0.15 |
| 1924 | 181 | #538 | 0.14 |
| 1923 | 172 | #551 | 0.14 |
| 1922 | 198 | #492 | 0.16 |
| 1921 | 249 | #432 | 0.20 |
| 1920 | 172 | #543 | 0.14 |
| 1919 | 141 | #594 | 0.12 |
| 1918 | 162 | #557 | 0.14 |
| 1917 | 159 | #530 | 0.15 |
| 1916 | 159 | #521 | 0.15 |
| 1915 | 154 | #498 | 0.16 |
| 1914 | 87 | #616 | 0.11 |
| 1913 | 76 | #589 | 0.12 |
| 1912 | 67 | #600 | 0.12 |
| 1911 | 44 | #655 | 0.11 |
| 1910 | 35 | #714 | 0.09 |
| 1909 | 34 | #686 | 0.10 |
| 1908 | 33 | #673 | 0.10 |
| 1907 | 32 | #671 | 0.10 |
| 1906 | 37 | #584 | 0.13 |
| 1905 | 25 | #720 | 0.09 |
| 1904 | 16 | #923 | 0.06 |
| 1903 | 15 | #913 | 0.06 |
| 1902 | 23 | #728 | 0.09 |
| 1901 | 26 | #621 | 0.11 |
| 1900 | 32 | #626 | 0.11 |
| 1899 | 17 | #803 | 0.07 |
| 1898 | 21 | #733 | 0.08 |
| 1897 | 12 | #954 | 0.05 |
| 1896 | 20 | #716 | 0.08 |
| 1895 | 16 | #802 | 0.07 |
| 1894 | 15 | #803 | 0.07 |
| 1893 | 11 | #929 | 0.05 |
| 1892 | 13 | #848 | 0.06 |
| 1891 | 12 | #821 | 0.06 |
| 1890 | 18 | #629 | 0.09 |
| 1889 | 10 | #871 | 0.06 |
| 1887 | 13 | #650 | 0.09 |
| 1886 | 7 | #943 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 6 | #984 | 0.05 |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,090 | 0.04 |
| 1883 | 6 | #870 | 0.05 |
| 1881 | 8 | #652 | 0.09 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Justine a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 40,620 Americans recorded as Justine, 94% are girls and 6% boys. In 2025 it went to 40 girls; SSA lists no boys with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Justine: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Justine, and how old are they?
34,200 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 84% of the 40,620 Americans ever recorded as Justine. The median Justine alive today is 37 years old; half are between 30 and 44.
The 2020 Census counted 33,403 people named Justine (32,053 women and girls, 1,350 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 34,982 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 681 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,650 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 4,620 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 18,300 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 6,970 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 974 |
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 Justine born?
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 7 | #2,631 | 1.3× |
| Texas | 7 | #2,767 | 0.6× |
Where Justine is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Justine is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 1.7 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 girls’ 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 Justine 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 5 names spelled alike, given to 53,964 babies since 1880, Justine is the most given (75% of them). In 2025 it was given to 40 of their 76 babies (53%), 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 Justine
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 Justine and names like it
- Compare Justine and JustinaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sJustine peaked in 1988.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Justine since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Justine: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1988The year the most babies were named Justine.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Justine alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with JMost given first.