Justice
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JUS-tiss
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,112 for boys
Justice is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “justice, fairness”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 1,112th for boys in the US (193 babies).
What does Justice mean?
English: virtue name, from Latin iustitia via Old French
“justice, fairness”
An English virtue name, ultimately from Latin iustus, just; also an English surname.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Justice a girl's or a boy's name?
Justice is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 162 girls and 193 boys in the US.
How popular is Justice in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Justice, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Justice in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 1996, 55% of the babies named Justice in the UK were girls. By 2021 it was 19%, with more boys than girls since 2004.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Justice in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 13 | #1,876 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 13 | #1,799 |
| 2012 | 13 | #1,850 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 13 | #1,760 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 11 | #1,701 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,405 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Justice in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,112among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 193about 1 in 8,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 193 boys in the US were named Justice, making it the 1,112th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 657th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 832 boys. 162 girls were also named Justice in 2025 (1,359th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Justice than any year since 1992.
Half of all the boys named Justice in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 26% of the babies named Justice in the US in 1975, and 46% in 2025.
Justice in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 193 | #1,112 |
| 2024 | 203 | #1,072 |
| 2023 | 259 | #897 |
| 2022 | 328 | #771 |
| 2021 | 440 | #625 |
| 2020 | 400 | #657 |
| 2019 | 460 | #599 |
| 2018 | 496 | #557 |
| 2017 | 487 | #557 |
| 2016 | 612 | #494 |
| 2015 | 554 | #520 |
| 2014 | 529 | #524 |
| 2013 | 592 | #470 |
| 2012 | 512 | #515 |
| 2011 | 506 | #512 |
| 2010 | 587 | #456 |
| 2009 | 665 | #427 |
| 2008 | 680 | #425 |
| 2007 | 742 | #397 |
| 2006 | 723 | #408 |
| 2005 | 599 | #439 |
| 2004 | 650 | #401 |
| 2003 | 666 | #393 |
| 2002 | 832 | #332 |
| 2001 | 717 | #371 |
| 2000 | 656 | #390 |
| 1999 | 664 | #388 |
| 1998 | 785 | #342 |
| 1997 | 802 | #328 |
| 1996 | 827 | #320 |
| 1995 | 600 | #388 |
| 1994 | 469 | #465 |
| 1993 | 268 | #627 |
| 1992 | 164 | #818 |
| 1991 | 103 | #1,065 |
| 1990 | 67 | #1,356 |
| 1989 | 45 | #1,700 |
| 1988 | 38 | #1,785 |
| 1987 | 39 | #1,707 |
| 1986 | 34 | #1,789 |
| 1985 | 32 | #1,833 |
| 1984 | 27 | #1,978 |
| 1983 | 28 | #1,904 |
| 1982 | 46 | #1,394 |
| 1981 | 39 | #1,547 |
| 1980 | 30 | #1,852 |
| 1979 | 33 | #1,711 |
| 1978 | 26 | #1,913 |
| 1977 | 31 | #1,707 |
| 1976 | 18 | #2,416 |
| 1975 | 28 | #1,752 |
| 1974 | 28 | #1,692 |
| 1973 | 19 | #2,122 |
| 1972 | 20 | #2,020 |
| 1971 | 22 | #1,915 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,738 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 8 | #2,842 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 8 | #2,861 |
| 1946 | 9 | #2,533 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,008 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,144 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,491 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,288 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,185 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,367 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,313 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,316 |
| 1928 | 16 | #1,960 |
| 1927 | 17 | #1,959 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,383 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,434 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,445 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,264 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,601 |
| 1919 | 16 | #1,972 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,542 |
| 1917 | 15 | #1,985 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,151 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,456 |
| 1913 | 9 | #1,944 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 5 | #909 |
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Justice: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/justice, updated 20 October 2026.