Justina
Feminine · “just”
Justina is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 12,240 girls against 6 boys since 1880.
Justina comes from the Latin for just, and the word behind it names both fairness and a body of law — ius is the root of justice and of jurisprudence alike.
How old is the name Justina?
Justina first appears in US birth records in 1882 — 143 years ago. The typical Justina alive today was born around 1988, making them about 37 years old. About 11,000 people named Justina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Justina most popular?
Justina peaked in 1988, reaching #526 nationally. Today it ranks #3975, 3,449 places below that high. See the whole 1988 chart.
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Where it comes from
From iustus to Justina
The story of Justina
Iustus was a Roman name and became a Christian one through several martyrs, including a Justina of Padua. Justinian's legal code — compiled in the sixth century and rediscovered in the eleventh — is the foundation of most European civil law, so the root has an unusually concrete legacy. Justina is used in Spanish, Polish and Portuguese and reaches American records from all three.
Meaning
just, fair
From Latin iustus, just or lawful, on ius, law or right; Justinus and Justina are the derived names. The Byzantine emperor Justinian, whose code organized Roman law for a thousand years, carried the same root.
How the name formed
- iustus
- Justina
Related forms: Justina · Justyna · Justine
Pronouncing Justina
juh-STEE-nah
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. Spanish gives hoos-TEE-nah.
Nicknames for Justina
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1882
- Most girls named
- 1988419 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #526reached in 1988
- Change vs 2022
- −18.2%36 in 2025, from 44
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Justina in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Justina in Spanish — same name
- Justyna in Polish — same name
- Justine in English — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, California, Texas.
Justinas among us
people named Justina are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 44,646 born in 2025 was named Justina
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Billy test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Justina's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Billy climbed just as high around 1930, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Billy's path sketches the road Justina is walking now.
Justina sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Justina is headed
Justina should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Justina beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Justina in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled Latin meaning with an unusually concrete legacy behind the root.
- Tina is a complete short form with its own long history.
- Used in Spanish, Polish, Portuguese and English alike.
- The first consonant differs entirely between the English and Spanish readings.
- Justina, Justyna and Justine are all in use and mark different countries.
- A virtue name sets an expectation the child did not choose.
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Feminine · #3975 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Justinas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 11,000 people named Justina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Justina in 2025?
- Justina ranks #3975 among US girl names in 2025, with 36 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Justina?
- About 1 in every 44,646 US girls born in 2025 was named Justina — 36 in all.
- Will my child share the name Justina with classmates?
- Justina will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Justina
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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