Justa

Girls' name

Feminine form of Justus

Justa has been given to 204 babies in the U.S. since 1894. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1975, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Justa, 2002

1 in 747,000

Justa over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Justa: meaning, origin, and history

Feminine form of Justus

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Justa means

Justa is a feminine form of Justus.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Justa is used in Ancient Roman and Spanish.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈxus.ta/ for Justa.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Justa → Justus. The family’s meaning is “just, lawful, upright”, recorded in the naming reference for Justus.

Origin, language, and formation

Justa is used in Czech, Faroese and Slovak.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Justus, Justýna and Justína.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Czech, Justa is pronounced [ˈjusta].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 204 girls were recorded with the name Justa between 1894 and 2002. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1975; its best national rank was #1,290 in 1894.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Justa?

Justa had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2002, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2002: 1 in 747,000; 5 of 3,737,275 births
Among girls only: 1 in 359,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2002: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 518,097 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Justa sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2002 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 518,097 children born in 2002 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Justa. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Justas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Justa was born before 1974 — so the typical Justa is around 51 today.

Median birth year: 1974; About 51 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 27.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 41.7%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 126; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 27.0% of all recorded uses (55).

Is Justa rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1975 (10)
Years since peak: 50; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 25.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,290; 1894

Spellings of Justa

Justa is not the most common spelling — Julia is, with 86.7% against Justa's 0.04%.

Julia86.7%476,250
Juana3.4%18,793
Justina2.2%12,240
Vesta1.5%8,181
Jessa1.2%6,462
Dusty0.81%4,469
Esta0.81%4,439
Justin0.69%3,804

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Justa around the world

Where Justa ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
1917–1965
#1,951
in 1965

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Justa by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #1,290; 1894
Peak year: 1975; 10 that year
First recorded: 1894
Last recorded: 2002
All-time count: 204
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Justa

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Asta Justus Justyn Justis Justeen Justene Justise Justiss Desta Vista Nesta Justyna Cresta Kista Agusta Kresta Kirsta Clista Gusta Chasta Lesta Justi Justyne Trysta

Sibling names for Justa

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Cary Karie Brandee Sunshine Kisha Ami Susannah Misti

For a brother

Giuseppe Abdul Demond Andrea Chadwick Torrey Federico Erin

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