Recorded 1918–2020 Boys' name Peak 1980 2,524 births

Juston — boys' name

2,524 babies named Juston in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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1980s
Peak decade

37% of everyone ever named Juston was born in this single decade.

1980
Single peak year

122 babies were named Juston in 1980 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Juston

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,524 babies named Juston between 1918 and 2020, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Juston currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 122 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Juston performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 933 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Juston shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 187 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Juston in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Juston 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 2,524 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.

Juston at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

2,524

Since 1918

103 years of records

Peak year

1980

122 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

1918

Recorded for 103 years

Last year on file: 2020

Juston popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1918

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (1980)
122
Annual births at peak — across 103 years of records
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Juston by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
933 births that decade — 37% of Juston's all-time total
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Juston by state

Where Juston concentrates geographically — total births since 1918

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Juston
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
187 7.4%
#2 California
172 6.8%
#3 Michigan
65 2.6%
#4 Ohio
48 1.9%
#5 Louisiana
38 1.5%
#6 New York
29 1.1%
#7 Florida
26 1.0%
#8 Georgia
22 0.9%
Texas share of Juston's total US births 7.4%
Even split

187 of 2,524 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.

Juston appears in 19 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Juston?
2,524 babies have been named Juston since 1918. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 1980 with 122 births.
When was Juston most popular?
Juston was most popular in the 1980s decade with 933 total births. The single peak year was 1980.
Where is Juston most popular?
The top states for the name Juston are Texas (187 births), California (172 births), Michigan (65 births).
How long has the name Juston been used?
Juston has been recorded in Social Security data since 1918, spanning 103 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Juston?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Justin, Justice, Justus, Justyn, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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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, 1918–2020 (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.