Boys' name · since 1974
Justun
Justun has 129 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1982 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,754 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 129
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Justun is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 129 have been recorded since 1974.
Justun has 129 recorded births among boys since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2004.
- #15,754 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 129 born since 1974
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Justun ranks #15,754 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 129 born since 1974, peaking in the 1980s.
- #15,754 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 129
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Justun's 129 recorded births place it above 65.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Justun's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Justun's SSA record in two at 1988 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1974, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1982 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Justun popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2004
- Peak year (1982)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Justun by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (69 births, 53% of the file).
1980s was Justun's strongest decade.
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Justun births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 16
1970s
16 births
- 1980s
1980s
69 births
- 1990s
1990s
29 births
- 2000s 15
2000s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 69 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Justun's decade-level peak was the 1980s (69 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Justun: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~30 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1974–2004 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Justun draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.