Justen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JUS-tin
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Justen is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “just, fair”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Justen mean?
Latin: spelling of Justin; from Latin Justinus
“just, fair”
From Latin Justinus; St Justin Martyr was a 2nd-century Christian philosopher, and Justin I was a Byzantine emperor.
Meaning borrowed from Justin. More on Wiktionary.
Is Justen a girl's or a boy's name?
Justen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Justen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Justen, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 197 boys. It first appears in the records in 1966.
Half of all the boys named Justen in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,547 boys in the US were given Justen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #250, up from #7,675 for this spelling alone.
Justen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 35 | #3,176 |
| 2011 | 42 | #2,797 |
| 2010 | 51 | #2,428 |
| 2009 | 45 | #2,701 |
| 2008 | 67 | #2,061 |
| 2007 | 55 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 60 | #2,149 |
| 2005 | 56 | #2,159 |
| 2004 | 71 | #1,760 |
| 2003 | 56 | #2,027 |
| 2002 | 86 | #1,471 |
| 2001 | 83 | #1,468 |
| 2000 | 100 | #1,287 |
| 1999 | 109 | #1,179 |
| 1998 | 131 | #1,029 |
| 1997 | 117 | #1,081 |
| 1996 | 135 | #953 |
| 1995 | 147 | #910 |
| 1994 | 137 | #940 |
| 1993 | 119 | #996 |
| 1992 | 132 | #920 |
| 1991 | 159 | #815 |
| 1990 | 197 | #723 |
| 1989 | 160 | #782 |
| 1988 | 179 | #699 |
| 1987 | 144 | #763 |
| 1986 | 103 | #896 |
| 1985 | 113 | #845 |
| 1984 | 110 | #835 |
| 1983 | 141 | #727 |
| 1982 | 125 | #788 |
| 1981 | 100 | #890 |
| 1980 | 103 | #878 |
| 1979 | 82 | #976 |
| 1978 | 61 | #1,121 |
| 1977 | 52 | #1,221 |
| 1976 | 53 | #1,179 |
| 1975 | 33 | #1,558 |
| 1974 | 28 | #1,692 |
| 1973 | 33 | #1,485 |
| 1972 | 14 | #2,533 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 13 | #2,620 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
Names like Justen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jordan, Austin, Jason, Jacob, Jared, Christian, Nathan, Jackson, Joshua, Julian, Dustin, Jonathan
Other spellings of Justen
Names related to Justen
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Clara
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Justen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/justen, updated 20 October 2026.