Justus — #1806 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Justus

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,059 babies named Justus between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Justus currently holds the #1806 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 300 babies received it in a single year. Justus is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 811 additional births since 1975.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Justus performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,734 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Justus shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 738 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Justus in 41 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Justus 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 9,059 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.