Justus
Justus was given to 79 boys in 2025, #1,952 among boys’ names; 9,958 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 9,100 Americans named Justus and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (91% of everyone recorded); the median is 20 years old and half are between 12 and 28.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Justus by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Justus mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Justus is “a male given name from Latin.” Its etymology gives the sense “just” (iustus).
Name of several early saints, from Latin iustus (“just”), from iūs + -tus.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Justus?
#1,952 among boys’ names, 2025
Justus fell from #861 in 2015 to #1,952 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.14 to 0.05 per 1,000.
336 babies in 2002, the peak
Justus peaked in 2002, when 336 babies were given it (297 boys, #647 among boys’ names). The 86 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 26% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79 | #1,952 | 0.05 |
| 2024 | 90 | #1,813 | 0.05 |
| 2023 | 146 | #1,311 | 0.09 |
| 2022 | 141 | #1,333 | 0.08 |
| 2021 | 174 | #1,153 | 0.10 |
| 2020 | 168 | #1,154 | 0.10 |
| 2019 | 193 | #1,058 | 0.11 |
| 2018 | 215 | #966 | 0.12 |
| 2017 | 203 | #1,001 | 0.11 |
| 2016 | 236 | #913 | 0.12 |
Every recorded year (124)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 262 | #861 | 0.14 |
| 2014 | 278 | #819 | 0.14 |
| 2013 | 270 | #811 | 0.14 |
| 2012 | 291 | #780 | 0.15 |
| 2011 | 251 | #851 | 0.13 |
| 2010 | 250 | #849 | 0.13 |
| 2009 | 289 | #786 | 0.15 |
| 2008 | 278 | #790 | 0.14 |
| 2007 | 300 | #747 | 0.14 |
| 2006 | 294 | #731 | 0.14 |
| 2005 | 277 | #731 | 0.14 |
| 2004 | 258 | #734 | 0.13 |
| 2003 | 225 | #775 | 0.11 |
| 2002 | 297 | #647 | 0.15 |
| 2001 | 261 | #689 | 0.13 |
| 2000 | 255 | #693 | 0.13 |
| 1999 | 257 | #663 | 0.13 |
| 1998 | 231 | #717 | 0.12 |
| 1997 | 236 | #684 | 0.13 |
| 1996 | 248 | #665 | 0.13 |
| 1995 | 219 | #719 | 0.12 |
| 1994 | 162 | #838 | 0.08 |
| 1993 | 109 | #1,062 | 0.06 |
| 1992 | 87 | #1,200 | 0.04 |
| 1991 | 60 | #1,467 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 43 | #1,822 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 38 | #1,934 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 29 | #2,164 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 41 | #1,670 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 23 | #2,390 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 42 | #1,556 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 30 | #1,864 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 54 | #1,257 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 46 | #1,403 | 0.03 |
| 1981 | 41 | #1,509 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 52 | #1,300 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 37 | #1,584 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 39 | #1,493 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 36 | #1,558 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 39 | #1,439 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 29 | #1,727 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 35 | #1,486 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 18 | #2,271 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 19 | #2,120 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 11 | #3,061 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 5 | #5,086 | under 0.01 |
| 1969 | 6 | #4,167 | under 0.01 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,763 | under 0.01 |
| 1966 | 8 | #3,116 | under 0.01 |
| 1965 | 13 | #2,316 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,962 | under 0.01 |
| 1963 | 11 | #2,605 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 12 | #2,477 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 5 | #4,279 | under 0.01 |
| 1958 | 13 | #2,315 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,767 | under 0.01 |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,562 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 5 | #4,132 | under 0.01 |
| 1954 | 9 | #2,850 | under 0.01 |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,265 | under 0.01 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,781 | under 0.01 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,190 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,502 | under 0.01 |
| 1949 | 10 | #2,529 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,490 | under 0.01 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,119 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 9 | #2,618 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,472 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,126 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,848 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,457 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,769 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,763 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,231 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,263 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,401 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,012 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,826 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,336 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,156 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,254 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,395 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,132 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,259 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,107 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,085 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 17 | #1,951 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 17 | #1,967 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,703 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 25 | #1,526 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 28 | #1,419 | 0.03 |
| 1921 | 28 | #1,433 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 26 | #1,480 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 27 | #1,399 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 24 | #1,518 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 28 | #1,311 | 0.03 |
| 1916 | 25 | #1,399 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 26 | #1,325 | 0.03 |
| 1914 | 22 | #1,288 | 0.03 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,092 | 0.04 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,576 | 0.03 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,641 | 0.03 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,725 | 0.03 |
| 1903 | 7 | #962 | 0.06 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,226 | 0.04 |
| 1901 | 8 | #812 | 0.08 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,147 | 0.04 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,173 | 0.04 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,082 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 6 | #882 | 0.06 |
| 1884 | 6 | #918 | 0.05 |
| 1882 | 9 | #676 | 0.08 |
| 1881 | 5 | #946 | 0.05 |
| 1880 | 11 | #589 | 0.10 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Justus a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 9,958 Americans recorded as Justus, 8% are girls and 92% boys. In 2025 it went to 7 girls and 79 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Justus: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Justus, and how old are they?
9,100 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 91% of the 9,958 Americans ever recorded as Justus. The median Justus alive today is 20 years old; half are between 12 and 28.
The 2020 Census counted 7,412 people named Justus (589 women and girls, 6,823 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 8,386 born in the U.S. The Census count is 12% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 40 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 100 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 323 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,350 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 4,630 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,670 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Justus born?
The states with the most babies named Justus are Texas, Virginia and Florida, with 82% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Virginia is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 9 | #1,831 | 0.7× |
| Virginia | 8 | #836 | 0.7× |
| Florida | 6 | #1,730 | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,441 | 0.9× |
Where Justus is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Justus is most over-represented in North Carolina: since 1910 it was given 1.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Justus with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 11,882 babies since 1880, Justus is the most given (84% of them). In 2025 it was given to 86 of their 86 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Justus
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Justus and names like it
- Compare Justus and JustisBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sJustus peaked in 2002.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Justus since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Justus: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2002The year the most babies were named Justus.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Justus alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with JMost given first.