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Justin

Boys' name · Late 20th-century

Living in the US
~756,600 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#233 among boys
Births in 2025
1,512 794,273 since 1880
Typical age
35 years, median

Justin popularity over time

Justin rank by birth year, 1880–2025Justin ranked #682 in 1880 and #233 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #7, in 1988.#10#100#1,000#233best #7 in 198818901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

The high point was 1988: 35,296 births recorded as Justin. It appears in the very first year SSA covers, 1880. Across the record, 43 years put Justin in the top 100.

The 2025 position is #233, on 1,512 births. The ten-year change is -59%. It slipped 34 places against the previous year.

Babies named Justin per yearPeaks at 35,296 births in 1988.35,296 in 1988018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Justin?

An estimated 756,600 living Americans are called Justin. That is out of 794,273 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Justin?

Median age among living Justins: 35. Most living bearers were born in the 1980s. By the site’s era rules that makes Justin a late 20th-century name.

Your Justin

Ages of living people named JustinHalf of living Justins are older than 35 and half younger.median 35020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Justin is most common

Rhode Island uses the name 2.2× as often as the country as a whole. Mississippi, District of Columbia and New Jersey follow.

Where Justin is used more than average5 states use the name Justin more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: 1.9× the national rateNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: 1.9× the national rateNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: 2.2× the national rateRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: 1.9× the national rateDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: 2.0× the national rateMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Justin is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Rhode Island 93 2.2×
Mississippi 302 2.0×
District of Columbia 85 1.9×
New Jersey 1,022 1.9×
New York 2,302 1.9×

Justin in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Justin ranked #735 in 2025 on 47 births. That is 30% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Justin comes from

Name of early saints, Latin Iūstīnus, from Iūstus + -īnus, from iūstus (“just”).

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Justin

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Justin Bieber Canadian singer-songwriter 1994 179
Justin Trudeau 23rd prime minister of Canada from 2015 to 2025 1971 140
Justin Timberlake American singer and actor 1981 111
Justin I Emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 518 to 527 (450-527) 450–527 64
Justin II Emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 565 to 574 (520-578) 520–578 59
Justin Gatlin American sprinter 1982 52
Justin Kluivert Dutch association football player 1999 49
Justin Long American actor 1978 48
Photo credits (6)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 632 in 1967 to 1,121 in 1968 — 1.8 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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