Justin
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning just, righteous.
How Justin has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #110 |
| 2016 | #112 |
| 2017 | #127 |
| 2018 | #141 |
| 2019 | #155 |
| 2020 | #165 |
| 2021 | #179 |
| 2022 | #180 |
| 2023 | #185 |
| 2024 | #199 |
| 2025 | #233 |
Justin by the numbers
In 2025, 47 babies in England and Wales were named Justin. In the US, 3,121 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 35,042 babies in 1988, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1980, about 1 in 69 American boys born that year was called Justin.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Justin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Justinejust or righteous; feminine form of Justin98 in the US (2017)
- Justynjust, upright; a spelling variant of Justin30 in the US (2017)
- Justisjust; righteous; a form of justus22 in the US (2017)
- Justenvariant of Justin; just, righteous20 in the US (2017)
- Justinojust and fair; a form of Justin14 in the US (2017)
- Justonjust or righteous; invented form of Justin7 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean truth
Like Justin, each of these has truth in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Emmetttruth; form of Immanuel3,156 in the US (2017)
- Justicejustice; fairness; virtue name1,100 in the US (2017)
- Dilantrue sea or faithful; a variant of Dylan229 in the US (2017)
- Justusjust, righteous223 in the US (2017)
- Emmettruth; a form of Emmanuel218 in the US (2017)
- Trumanfaithful man, true man175 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Justin
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