Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Justice

Gender

Male

Origin

American
Fairness
English
Just; upright; righteous

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Nature
  • Surname
  • Virtue
  • Word

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Justice

Pronunciation

j(u)-sti-ce, jus-tice

Famous People

Football player Justice Hairston

Celebrity Babies

Son of Steven Seagal, Son of John Mellencamp

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2002 (rank #332, 831 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1112, 193 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1995 (rank #261, 1,046 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1359, 162 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025193162
2024201206
2023258244
2022328320
2021440390
2020398510
2019460532
2018495577
2017487628
2016611673

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #1781, 13 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3655, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2001 (rank #1359, 14 births); most recent 2021 (rank #5579, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
20255–
20245–
2023––
20225–
2021133
202011–
20196–
201873
201783
20165–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2019 (rank #3689, 5 births); most recent 2022 (rank #5010, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
2023–
20223
2021–
2020–
20195
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2009 (rank #626, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2000 (rank #190, 16 births); most recent 2015 (rank #520, 6 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2016 (rank #455, 8 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoysGirls
2023––
2022––
2021––
2020––
2019––
2018––
2017––
2016–8
20156–
2014–5

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence