# Justice (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/justice/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Jestice, Justiss |
| US babies named this | 38,674 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 19,902 / 18,772 (49% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 342, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From justice

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 552 | 525 |
| 2012 | 587 | 517 |
| 2013 | 708 | 430 |
| 2014 | 765 | 420 |
| 2015 | 704 | 449 |
| 2016 | 673 | 473 |
| 2017 | 628 | 500 |
| 2018 | 580 | 541 |
| 2019 | 532 | 571 |
| 2020 | 511 | 575 |
| 2021 | 390 | 730 |
| 2022 | 322 | 863 |
| 2023 | 247 | 1,025 |
| 2024 | 206 | 1,167 |
| 2025 | 162 | 1,363 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 506 | 512 |
| 2012 | 512 | 516 |
| 2013 | 592 | 470 |
| 2014 | 529 | 524 |
| 2015 | 554 | 521 |
| 2016 | 612 | 494 |
| 2017 | 487 | 559 |
| 2018 | 496 | 557 |
| 2019 | 460 | 599 |
| 2020 | 400 | 658 |
| 2021 | 440 | 626 |
| 2022 | 328 | 771 |
| 2023 | 259 | 898 |
| 2024 | 203 | 1,074 |
| 2025 | 193 | 1,113 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2003 | 7 | 2,436 |
| 2004 | 6 | 2,802 |
| 2005 | 5 | 3,382 |
| 2006 | 6 | 3,116 |
| 2007 | 6 | 3,218 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,936 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 9 | 2,199 |
| 2011 | 10 | 2,039 |
| 2012 | 11 | 1,962 |
| 2013 | 13 | 1,706 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,248 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2021 | 13 | 1,782 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Justice

- Justice Smith, American actor
- Justice Leak, American actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.