Justis — #11186 US boys' name
1,492 babies named Justis in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 21% of names given to boys today.
40% of everyone ever named Justis was born in this single decade.
90 babies were named Justis in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Justis
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,492 babies named Justis between 1975 and 2024, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Justis currently holds the #11186 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 90 babies received it in a single year. Justis is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 432 additional births since 1993.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Justis performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 602 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Justis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 66 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Justis in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Justis 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 1,492 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.
Justis at a glance
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Current rank
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Justis popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1975
- Peak year (1996)
- 90
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
Currently ranks #11186 among boys.
1,492 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 90 births in a single year.
Justis popularity over time — girls
432 total births recorded since 1993 (Justis as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Justis accounts for 22% of total recorded use across both genders.
Justis by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 602 births that decade — 40% of Justis's all-time total
Justis decade highlights
- Peak decade 602 births
- Runner-up 570 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Justis's strongest decade
602 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Justis by state
Where Justis concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 66 | 4.4% |
| #2 | Florida | | 51 | 3.4% |
| #3 | Texas | | 51 | 3.4% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 24 | 1.6% |
| #5 | Virginia | | 20 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 18 | 1.2% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 11 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 10 | 0.7% |
66 of 1,492 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 4.4% of nationwide
- Florida 3.4% of nationwide
- Texas 3.4% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 1.6% of nationwide
- Virginia 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 14 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Justis appears in 14 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, 1975–2024 (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.