Justo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HOOS-toh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Justo is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “just, fair”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Justo mean?
Latin: Spanish form of Justus
“just, fair”
Saints Justus and Pastor (Justo y Pastor) are boy martyrs venerated at Alcalá de Henares in Spain.
Is Justo a girl's or a boy's name?
Justo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Justo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 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, 8 boys in the US were named Justo, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 1986, with 31 boys. It first appears in the records in 1890.
2025 had fewer boys named Justo than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Justo in the US since 1880 were born between 1951 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
Justo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 29 | #2,779 |
| 1997 | 19 | #3,596 |
| 1996 | 22 | #3,197 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 24 | #2,946 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,362 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 28 | #2,463 |
| 1990 | 25 | #2,623 |
| 1989 | 29 | #2,286 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,855 |
| 1987 | 20 | #2,637 |
| 1986 | 31 | #1,915 |
| 1985 | 26 | #2,115 |
| 1984 | 23 | #2,231 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,576 |
| 1982 | 27 | #1,998 |
| 1981 | 28 | #1,941 |
| 1980 | 27 | #2,003 |
| 1979 | 19 | #2,464 |
| 1978 | 26 | #1,913 |
| 1977 | 18 | #2,458 |
| 1976 | 29 | #1,747 |
| 1975 | 21 | #2,133 |
| 1974 | 25 | #1,832 |
| 1973 | 22 | #1,927 |
| 1972 | 17 | #2,243 |
| 1971 | 19 | #2,125 |
| 1970 | 17 | #2,212 |
| 1969 | 17 | #2,045 |
| 1968 | 24 | #1,613 |
| 1967 | 19 | #1,808 |
| 1966 | 24 | #1,579 |
| 1965 | 20 | #1,773 |
| 1964 | 19 | #1,849 |
| 1963 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1962 | 19 | #1,851 |
| 1961 | 14 | #2,241 |
| 1960 | 19 | #1,857 |
| 1959 | 16 | #2,032 |
| 1958 | 20 | #1,765 |
| 1957 | 14 | #2,189 |
| 1956 | 17 | #1,944 |
| 1955 | 13 | #2,218 |
| 1954 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 1953 | 11 | #2,390 |
| 1952 | 11 | #2,374 |
| 1951 | 24 | #1,518 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,018 |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,801 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,217 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,075 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,142 |
| 1945 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 21 | #1,528 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,385 |
| 1941 | 13 | #1,997 |
| 1940 | 14 | #1,894 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,185 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,367 |
| 1932 | 15 | #1,922 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,207 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,079 |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,074 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 16 | #2,011 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1923 | 10 | #2,771 |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,629 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,264 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,335 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,176 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,457 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,100 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,289 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
Names like Justo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Marco, Francisco, Pablo, Patrick, Julio, Pedro, Joseph, Victor, Jose, Jason, Anthony, Joel
More Latin names
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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, “Justo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/justo, updated 20 October 2026.