Justo — #8312 US boys' name
1,729 babies named Justo in U.S. Social Security records since 1890, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 42% of names given to boys today.
14% of everyone ever named Justo was born in this single decade.
31 babies were named Justo in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Justo
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,729 babies named Justo between 1890 and 2024, spanning 135 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Justo currently holds the #8312 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 31 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Justo performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 248 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Justo shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 437 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Justo in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Justo 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 1,729 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.
Justo at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Justo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1890
- Peak year (1986)
- 31
- Annual births at peak — across 135 years of records
Currently ranks #8312 among boys.
1,729 total births across 135 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 31 births in a single year.
Justo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 248 births that decade — 14% of Justo's all-time total
Justo decade highlights
- Peak decade 248 births
- Runner-up 218 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Justo's strongest decade
248 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 14% of all-time use.
Justo by state
Where Justo concentrates geographically — total births since 1890
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 437 | 25.3% |
| #2 | California | | 145 | 8.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 124 | 7.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 5 | 0.3% |
437 of 1,729 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 25.3% of nationwide
- California 8.4% of nationwide
- New York 7.2% of nationwide
- Florida 0.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 25.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1890–2024 (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.