Is Justice a boy or girl name?
Justice is used for both boys and girls in close to equal numbers in the US. In 2024, 206 girls and 201 boys were named Justice, so 50.6% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 48.6% of the 38,299 US babies named Justice were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #1,079
- Girl rank, 2024
- #1,164
- Babies named Justice since 1880
- 38,299
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 1,689 babies
Boys and girls named Justice, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1900s | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| 1910s | 84 | 0 | 0% |
| 1920s | 119 | 0 | 0% |
| 1930s | 83 | 0 | 0% |
| 1940s | 68 | 0 | 0% |
| 1950s | 54 | 0 | 0% |
| 1960s | 47 | 0 | 0% |
| 1970s | 237 | 38 | 13.8% |
| 1980s | 358 | 104 | 22.5% |
| 1990s | 4,749 | 4,695 | 49.7% |
| 2000s | 6,930 | 5,817 | 45.6% |
| 2010s | 5,333 | 6,273 | 54% |
| 2020s | 1,625 | 1,670 | 50.7% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 201 | #1,079 | 206 | #1,164 |
| 2023 | 258 | #899 | 244 | #1,039 |
| 2022 | 328 | #771 | 320 | #867 |
| 2021 | 440 | #625 | 390 | #730 |
| 2020 | 398 | #660 | 510 | #578 |
| 2019 | 460 | #599 | 532 | #571 |
| 2018 | 495 | #557 | 577 | #541 |
| 2017 | 487 | #558 | 628 | #500 |
| 2016 | 611 | #495 | 673 | #473 |
| 2015 | 554 | #520 | 704 | #449 |
| 2014 | 529 | #524 | 764 | #422 |
| 2013 | 592 | #470 | 706 | #433 |
| 2012 | 512 | #516 | 587 | #517 |
| 2011 | 506 | #512 | 552 | #525 |
| 2010 | 587 | #456 | 550 | #534 |
| 2009 | 665 | #428 | 550 | #556 |
| 2008 | 680 | #425 | 573 | #538 |
| 2007 | 742 | #397 | 525 | #571 |
| 2006 | 723 | #409 | 547 | #542 |
| 2005 | 599 | #440 | 538 | #536 |
| 2004 | 650 | #401 | 592 | #497 |
| 2003 | 666 | #393 | 666 | #451 |
| 2002 | 832 | #332 | 725 | #402 |
| 2001 | 717 | #371 | 624 | #446 |
| 2000 | 656 | #390 | 477 | #545 |
| 1999 | 664 | #389 | 521 | #500 |
| 1998 | 785 | #342 | 608 | #435 |
| 1997 | 802 | #328 | 680 | #386 |
| 1996 | 827 | #320 | 862 | #325 |
| 1995 | 600 | #388 | 1,046 | #261 |
| 1994 | 469 | #467 | 719 | #362 |
| 1993 | 268 | #628 | 175 | #1,051 |
| 1992 | 164 | #823 | 36 | #3,168 |
| 1991 | 103 | #1,075 | 30 | #3,574 |
| 1990 | 67 | #1,365 | 18 | #5,158 |
| 1989 | 45 | #1,721 | 27 | #3,725 |
| 1988 | 38 | #1,803 | 22 | #4,081 |
| 1987 | 39 | #1,721 | 14 | #5,420 |
| 1986 | 34 | #1,814 | 15 | #5,064 |
| 1985 | 32 | #1,851 | 5 | #11,423 |
| 1984 | 27 | #2,009 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 28 | #1,929 | 6 | #9,533 |
| 1982 | 46 | #1,404 | 6 | #9,732 |
| 1981 | 39 | #1,563 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 30 | #1,888 | 9 | #7,042 |
| 1979 | 33 | #1,736 | 7 | #8,426 |
| 1978 | 26 | #1,942 | 7 | #8,002 |
| 1977 | 31 | #1,722 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 18 | #2,462 | 7 | #7,633 |
| 1975 | 28 | #1,769 | 10 | #5,717 |
| 1974 | 28 | #1,726 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 19 | #2,175 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 20 | #2,047 | 7 | #6,853 |
| 1971 | 22 | #1,955 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,795 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,445 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,517 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,403 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #4,187 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,188 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,469 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,362 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,429 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #4,231 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #4,272 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #4,133 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,303 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #4,085 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,558 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 8 | #2,950 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,502 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,513 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,166 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 8 | #2,990 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 9 | #2,618 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,063 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,796 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,206 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,567 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,358 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,261 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,339 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,355 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,112 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,485 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,453 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,394 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,772 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,445 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,394 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,007 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 17 | #1,991 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,560 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,513 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,744 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,529 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,703 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,314 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,678 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 16 | #2,019 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,624 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 15 | #2,043 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,205 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,231 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,539 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,019 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,724 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,306 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,226 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 5 | #993 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Justice reached #320 in 1996. As a girl name, it reached #261 in 1995. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1990s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Justice
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.