How rare is the name Justus?

7,412 people in the United States have the first name Justus, about 1 in 40,749. It ranks #3,021 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JUSTUS

#3,021

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,412
About
1 in 40,749
This common or more
81.5%
Who bears it

Of the 7,412 people named Justus, 53% reported their origin as White, 22.7% as Black and 10.9% as Hispanic or Latino. 92.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Justus peaked in 2002, when 336 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2002
Births that year
336
In 2025*
86 ▼74%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 9,958 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Justus by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,511. The largest share of babies named Justus, 47.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#1,91637
1890s#3,14415
1900s#3,59420
1910s#2,693196
1920s#3,407207
1930s#4,392113
1940s#4,891106
1950s#6,39384
1960s#8,06265
1970s#4,405273
1980s#3,985396
1990s#1,7901,842
2000s#1,5113,053
2010s#1,8132,680
2020s#2,757871
Before 19010.5%
Greatest Generation 1901–274%
Silent Generation 1928–452.1%
Baby boom 1946–641.6%
Generation X 1965–803.6%
Millennials 1981–9614.1%
Generation Z 1997–1247.2%
2013 and later27%

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.

Where Justus is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Justus has been most common in Washington (2.3×), North Carolina (2.2×), and Florida (2×), and least common in Louisiana (0.33×).

5,768 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Justus

#3,019 Jaylynn · 7,418#3,020 Shyanne · 7,413#3,022 Lizzie · 7,411#3,023 Britt · 7,379

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Justus, most common first.

#8,735 Justis · 1,645

Also a last name

As a last name, Justus ranks #5,303 of 156,621, with 6,340 people. See Justus as a last name

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