Justina
Justina is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 42 births. Its best rank was 526th, in 1988.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 420.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1990444 births
- Best rank
- #526in 1988
- Since 1882
- 12,203people given the name
The story in the numbers
12,203 girls have been named Justina in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1990, with 444 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1988, and the 1990s alone account for 26%. It has spent 36 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Justina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 36 | |
| 1890s | 99 | |
| 1900s | 107 | |
| 1910s | 295 | |
| 1920s | 352 | |
| 1930s | 210 | |
| 1940s | 232 | |
| 1950s | 403 | |
| 1960s | 983 | |
| 1970s | 1,270 | |
| 1980s | 2,883 | |
| 1990s | 3,126 | |
| 2000s | 1,321 | |
| 2010s | 669 | |
| 2020s | 217 |
In 1990, its biggest year
Justina was the 537th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1990 were Jessica, Ashley, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1990.
Names that rose and fell with Justina
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rachelpeak 1985
- Justinepeak 1988
- Rachaelpeak 1990
- Cassandrapeak 1990
- Katypeak 1987
- Janeepeak 1989
- Beatrizpeak 1990
- Chantalpeak 1990
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.