How rare is the name Justo?

4,277 people in the United States have the first name Justo, about 1 in 70,618. It ranks #4,390 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 3 others.

first name

JUSTO

#4,390

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,277
About
1 in 70,618
This common or more
84%
Who bears it

Of the 4,277 people named Justo, 94.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.6% as White. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Justo peaked in 1986, when 31 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18902025
Peak year
1986
Births that year
31
In 2025*
8 ▼74%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,737 babies have been given the name since 1890. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Justo by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #3,939. The largest share of babies named Justo, 21.4%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1890s#3,9395
1900s#4,9315
1910s#4,94571
1920s#5,282102
1930s#4,84895
1940s#4,454127
1950s#4,608153
1960s#4,470192
1970s#5,136213
1980s#5,527248
1990s#7,621218
2000s#12,287152
2010s#17,54893
2020s#15,68463
Before 19010.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–279.3%
Silent Generation 1928–4511.1%
Baby boom 1946–6416.5%
Generation X 1965–8019.8%
Millennials 1981–9621.4%
Generation Z 1997–1214.2%
2013 and later7.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Exactly as common as Justo

3 other first names also have 4,277 people.

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Justo, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Justo ranks #15,438 of 156,621, with 1,829 people. See Justo as a last name

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