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.
37% of everyone ever named Juston was born in this single decade.
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 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Juston popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1918
- Peak year (1980)
- 122
- Annual births at peak — across 103 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
2,524 total births across 103 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 122 births in a single year.
Juston by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 933 births that decade — 37% of Juston's all-time total
Juston decade highlights
- Peak decade 933 births
- Runner-up 568 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Juston's strongest decade
933 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Juston by state
Where Juston concentrates geographically — total births since 1918
| 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% |
187 of 2,524 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.4% of nationwide
- California 6.8% of nationwide
- Michigan 2.6% of nationwide
- Ohio 1.9% of nationwide
- Louisiana 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 19 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Juston appears in 19 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, 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.