Justin

Justin was the #233 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,512 babies), and #735 in England & Wales and #262 in Canada.

Justin as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Justin as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaNorthern IrelandIrelandEngland & WalesScotland
Justin as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#233 (1,512)#735 (47)#762 (3)#344 (4)#402 (9)#262 (128)—
2024#199 (1,796)#638 (59)#727 (3)—#520 (6)#205 (164)—
2023#185 (1,934)#704 (49)#533 (5)—#516 (6)#220 (147)—
2022#181 (2,079)#540 (71)#590 (4)—#454 (7)#183 (187)—
2021#179 (2,166)#682 (52)#437 (7)#295 (6)#364 (10)#187 (200)—
2020#165 (2,312)#551 (67)——#402 (9)#152 (235)—
2019#154 (2,545)#575 (65)#464 (6)—#312 (14)#154 (243)—
2018#141 (2,809)#511 (76)#472 (6)—#306 (14)#107 (342)—
2017#127 (3,155)#531 (73)#602 (4)—#281 (16)#87 (399)—
2016#112 (3,569)#428 (98)#707 (3)#421 (3)#313 (14)#78 (460)—
2015#110 (3,726)#450 (90)#295 (13)#342 (4)#294 (15)#74 (483)—
2014#96 (4,033)#442 (91)#439 (7)—#325 (13)#76 (474)—
2013#85 (4,875)#307 (143)#520 (5)#237 (8)#209 (28)#57 (559)—
2012#74 (5,906)#321 (139)#361 (9)#247 (7)#208 (28)#40 (778)—
2011#59 (7,129)#244 (196)#246 (16)#311 (4)#189 (34)#36 (823)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1988 at #7.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,100 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 5,800uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Justin is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,100 to 1 in 1,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Justin by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #411WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #246WAIdaho: #332IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #477MNIllinois: #325ILMichigan: #280MINew York: #190NYMassachusetts: #223MAOregon: #198ORNevada: #299NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #448IAIndiana: #254INOhio: #298OHPennsylvania: #186PANew Jersey: #181NJConnecticut: #165CTRhode Island: #155RICalifornia: #248CAUtah: #441UTColorado: #366CONebraska: #244NEMissouri: #336MOKentucky: #236KYWest Virginia: #200WVVirginia: #197VAMaryland: #159MDDelaware: #203DEArizona: #376AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #297KSArkansas: #232ARTennessee: #228TNNorth Carolina: #233NCSouth Carolina: #255SCDistrict of Columbia: #139DCOklahoma: #282OKLouisiana: #211LAMississippi: #126MSAlabama: #207ALGeorgia: #208GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #218TXFlorida: #155FL
Justin (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#11461
Ontario2024#34139

Justin (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JustinCanadaGirls—too few
JustinCanadaBoys#262128
JustinEngland & WalesBoys#73547
JustinIrelandBoys#4029
JustinNorthern IrelandBoys#3444
JustinNSWBoys—too few
JustinScotlandBoys#7623
JustinUSGirls—too few
JustinUSBoys#2331,512