Justin Boy
How popular is Justin?
#233 boy name in 2025
1,512 baby boys were named Justin in the US in 2025, making it the 233rd most popular boy name.
Justin popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #233 for boys (▼ 34 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,512 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-59% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #110 in 2015, #165 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1988 (35,055 boys) |
| Highest rank | #7 in 1988 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Justin counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Justin family of names ranked #242 for boys in 2025 (#214 the year before), with 1,547 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Justin is most popular
Babies named Justin per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 2.4 per 1,000 (138 boys)
- Maryland: 2.1 per 1,000 (248 boys)
- Rhode Island: 2.0 per 1,000 (33 boys)
- New Jersey: 1.9 per 1,000 (389 boys)
- New York: 1.9 per 1,000 (819 boys)
Justin by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 55 | #641 |
| 1890s | 117 | #500 |
| 1900s | 139 | #566 |
| 1910s | 938 | #480 |
| 1920s | 1,292 | #489 |
| 1930s | 819 | #564 |
| 1940s | 1,216 | #506 |
| 1950s | 2,295 | #429 |
| 1960s | 6,706 | #167 |
| 1970s | 86,539 | #22 |
| 1980s | 289,825 | #7 |
| 1990s | 220,135 | #9 |
| 2000s | 122,991 | #19 |
| 2010s | 45,603 | #50 |
| 2020s | 11,799 | #165 |
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Questions
- Is Justin a boy or girl name?
- Justin is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Justin were boys.
- How popular is the name Justin?
- 1,512 baby boys were named Justin in the US in 2025, making it the 233rd most popular boy name.
- When was Justin most popular?
- Justin peaked in 1988, when 35,055 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #7 in 1988.
- How many people are named Justin?
- 794,273 babies have been named Justin in the US since 1880. We estimate about 756,923 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 36.
- Where is Justin most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Justin was most common in Mississippi, at 2.4 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.