NameTides

Justice

Justice was the #1,112 boys' name in the US in 2025 (193 babies), and #3,684 in England & Wales and #1,642 in Canada.

Justice as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Justice as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Justice as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#1,112 (193)#3,684 (5)—#1,642 (13)
2024#1,072 (203)#3,689 (5)—#1,764 (11)
2023#897 (259)——#1,421 (14)
2022#771 (328)#3,450 (5)—#833 (30)
2021#625 (440)#1,782 (13)—#974 (24)
2020#657 (400)#1,935 (11)—#999 (22)
2019#599 (460)#3,013 (6)—#995 (22)
2018#557 (496)#2,693 (7)—#794 (30)
2017#557 (487)#2,512 (8)—#971 (23)
2016#494 (612)#3,478 (5)—#892 (26)
2015#520 (554)#2,707 (7)—#659 (39)
2014#524 (529)#2,248 (9)—#715 (35)
2013#470 (592)#1,706 (13)—#669 (37)
2012#515 (512)#1,962 (11)—#608 (40)
2011#512 (506)#2,039 (10)—#545 (48)

Justice as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Justice as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020US
Justice as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,359 (162)——
2024#1,165 (206)——
2023#1,024 (247)—#2,900 (6)
2022#863 (322)—#2,835 (6)
2021#730 (390)#5,581 (3)#2,021 (10)
2020#572 (511)——
2019#571 (532)—#2,188 (9)
2018#540 (580)#5,666 (3)#1,259 (19)
2017#499 (628)#5,765 (3)#1,784 (12)
2016#473 (673)—#1,191 (21)
2015#449 (704)—#2,011 (10)
2014#420 (765)#5,691 (3)#1,395 (17)
2013#430 (708)—#1,165 (21)
2012#517 (587)#4,171 (5)#1,194 (21)
2011#525 (552)#5,785 (3)#1,081 (23)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1996 at #320.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • In 2025, 46% of US babies named Justice were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,800 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 56,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 12,000rare
USGirls2025about 1 in 9,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Justice is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 14,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Justice by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #898WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #905MINew York: #950NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #750OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: #915NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,085CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #680CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #625KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #798VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #775NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #650GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,169TXFlorida: #1,056FL
Justice (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JusticeCanadaGirls—too few
JusticeCanadaBoys#1,64213
JusticeEngland & WalesGirls—too few
JusticeEngland & WalesBoys#3,6845
JusticeNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
JusticeNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
JusticeScotlandBoys—too few
JusticeUSGirls#1,359162
JusticeUSBoys#1,112193