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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Justine

Justine was the 3741st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 40 babies. Its best year was 1987, when it ranked 176th; the most babies were born in 1988 (1,591). Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,775 places. More babies were named Justine in the 1990s than in any other decade.

Meaning "just, fair" · French, Latin

Say it juh-STEEN /dʒʌˈstin/

Rank in 2025
#3,741 girls, down 578 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
40girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
19881,591 babies
Total since 1880
40,620babies recorded

What does the name Justine mean?

Justine is the French form of Justina, the feminine of Justin, which comes from the Latin Justus and justus, "just, fair". DMNES records Justine in England and several early saints named Justus; The name was popular in France and Britain and was most used in the US in the 1980s.

iustus (Latin, “just, fair”)

How sure is this? Well established.

Related names: Justina, Justin, Justice, Giustina.

See also: Latin names, virtue names.

Sources for this meaning

Justine popularity since 1880

05001k1.5k2k 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 2,412 since 1921.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#3,74140
2020#3,16350
2010#1,331177
2000#474584
1990#1881,564
1980#564329
1970#487410
1960#690217
1950#789122
1940#591139
1930#598133
1920#543172
1910#71435
1900#62632
1890#62918
1880——

How popular is Justine, counting every spelling?

Justine has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Justine?

40 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Justine (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Justine born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 210 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Justine.

Chance of another Justine in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inCaliforniaunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Justine?

About 32,000 people born in the US named Justine are alive today, with a median age of 37; half are between 30 and 44. That makes Justine mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Justine by state

How common Justine was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in California (1.7×). In 47 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesWA0.04Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesCA0.04Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesAZ0.04New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesTX0.03Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Justine, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Justine: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Justine, they share its era and feel.

Middle names for Justine · Sibling names for Justine

Questions about the name Justine

What does Justine mean?

Justine means “"just, fair"” (French, Latin origin). Certainty: well established.

How popular is the name Justine?

Justine was the 3741st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 40 babies. Its best year was 1987, when it ranked 176th; the most babies were born in 1988 (1,591). Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,775 places. More babies were named Justine in the 1990s than in any other decade.

Is Justine a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Justine in the US.

Where is Justine most popular?

In 2021–2025, Justine was most common in California (0.04 per 1,000 girls), followed by Arizona and Washington.