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Justus

#1,952 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Just, lawful, upright

Justus has been given to 9,958 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #1,952 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 300 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 92% boys, 8% girls all-time.

Babies named Justus, 2025

1 in 42,000

Justus over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Justus over time

In 2025, Justus went to 8% girls and 92% boys.

18802025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Justus: meaning, origin, and history

Just, lawful, upright

Latin

What Justus means

Justus means “just, lawful, upright”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Name of several early saints, from Latin iustus (“just”), from iūs + -tus.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Justus (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Origin, language, and formation

Justus is used in English, Finnish and German. Its origins include Latin.

Justus comes through Latin iustus.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Jost.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Justus is pronounced /ˈjustus/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 9,140 boys were recorded with the name Justus between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 300 in 2007; its best national rank was #589 in 1880.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,154 in 2020 to #1,952 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #861 in 2015 to #1,952 in 2025.

In the United States, 818 girls were recorded with the name Justus between 1975 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 43 in 1995; its best national rank was #2,806 in 1995.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,185 in 2020 to #12,497 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,373 in 2015 to #12,497 in 2025.

How common is Justus?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 42,000
79 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 21,600
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,952
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
29,088 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Justus sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 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 5001%

Put another way: gather 29,088 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Justus. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Justuss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Justus was born before 2005 — so the typical Justus is around 20 today.

Median birth year
2005
About 20 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
29.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
62.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
8,446
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 29.9% of all recorded uses (2,734).

Is Justus 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
−139
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−798
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,091
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.30×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
26.3%
Peak was 2007 (300)
Years since peak
18
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
9.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#589
1880

Spellings of Justus

Justus is not the most common spelling — Justin is, with 68.8% against Justus's 0.80%.

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.

Where Justus is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Justus was most concentrated in North Carolina — about 1 in 5,263 boys, against 1 in 12,513 across all states with data. It was least common in Michigan (1 in 50,000).

219 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1North Carolina1 in 5,263
  2. 2Georgia1 in 7,692
  3. 3Tennessee1 in 7,692
  4. 4South Carolina1 in 8,333
  5. 5Florida1 in 9,091
  6. 6Arizona1 in 10,000
  7. 7Washington1 in 10,000
  8. 8Missouri1 in 11,111

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Justus is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Justus was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 951,130 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Michigan1 in —
  3. 3Ohio1 in —
  4. 4Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Justus has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Justus around the world

Where Justus 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.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2018
    #4,749
    in 2018
  • Canada
    1994–2024
    #2,855
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2003–2011
    #784
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Justus

People whose public names include Justus, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Justus in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Justus. Linked forms have their own page here.

JustJustoGiusto

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Justus by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,952
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 798
Best rank ever
#589
1880
Peak year
2007
300 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
9,140
Count in 2025
79

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#12,497
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 6,312
Best rank ever
#2,806
1995
Peak year
1995
43 that year
First recorded
1975
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
818
Count in 2025
7

Names similar to Justus

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

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Names with a curve like Justus

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Justus, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

ReaganSeamusTristianKoleUlisesGiancarloKamronGarrisonQuintenDestinIsaiRonaldo

Sibling names for Justus

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

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