Mostly boys · peaked in 1996
Justice name popularity since 1925
38,520 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Justice (48.7% girls, 51.3% boys). Half of them were born in 2006 or earlier, so the typical Justice is about 20 years old in 2026. Justice peaked in 1996 as the #320 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 38,520
- Named Justice, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,113 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 51.3% boys
- 18,772 girls · 19,748 boys
- Most popular in
- Georgia
- 1.78× its national share
Peak year is the year Justice made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Justice births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 2002. Measured as a share of all babies, Justice peaked in 1996.
- Fastest rise: Between 1991 and 1996, Justice became 8.6× more common, from 1 in 19,600 baby boys to 1 in 2,290.
- Steepest fall: Between 2019 and 2024, its share of baby boys fell by 54%, from 1 in 3,900 to 1 in 8,490.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Justice's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Justice.
Decade by decade
Babies named Justice in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 64 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 83 | #3,112 |
| 1940s | 0 | 68 | #2,063 |
| 1950s | 0 | 54 | #4,132 |
| 1960s | 0 | 47 | #4,187 |
| 1970s | 38 | 237 | #1,769 |
| 1980s | 104 | 358 | #1,851 |
| 1990s | 4,695 | 4,749 | #388 |
| 2000s | 5,817 | 6,930 | #440 |
| 2010s | 6,280 | 5,335 | #521 |
| 2020–25 | 1,838 | 1,823 | #1,113 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
52.2% of babies named Justice from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Justice is most popular
The index compares Justice's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Justice.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 1.78× | 1,740 |
| North Carolina | 1.71× | 1,717 |
| South Carolina | 1.65× | 818 |
| Florida | 1.62× | 2,069 |
| Oklahoma | 1.51× | 697 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Justice's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Justice.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Justice (1996).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data