Justice

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Primarily a boy's name · Unisex — 49% girls / 51% boys

Meaning

Justice is a unisex given name derived from the virtue. It was popularized in the 1990s due to its use for the lead character in the 1993 American film Poetic Justice. The name has been used in the Anglosphere and has also been well used for African men.

From Wikipedia

Justice first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 110 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2002 with 832 babies (rank #332 that year). In 2024 it was given to 201 boys (rank #1,079). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Justice

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Justice yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

38,299
Total babies (all years)
110
Years in the data
832
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
18805#993
19025#1,226
19045#1,306
19105#1,724
19139#2,019
19148#2,539
19157#3,231
191613#2,205
191715#2,043
191811#2,624
191916#2,019
192011#2,678
192114#2,314
19227#3,703
192312#2,529
192411#2,744
192512#2,513
19267#3,560
192717#1,991
192816#2,007
192912#2,394
19307#3,445
19319#2,772
193211#2,394
193310#2,453
19346#3,485
19357#3,112
19366#3,355
19376#3,339
193811#2,261
193910#2,358
19419#2,567
194212#2,206
19435#3,796
194512#2,063
19469#2,618
19478#2,990
19487#3,166
19496#3,513
19506#3,502
19518#2,950
19526#3,558
19535#4,085
19547#3,303
19555#4,133
19575#4,272
19585#4,231
19597#3,429
19615#4,362
19627#3,469
19638#3,188
19655#4,187
19677#3,403
19687#3,517
19698#3,445
197012#2,795
197122#1,955
197220#2,047
197319#2,175
197428#1,726
197528#1,769
197618#2,462
197731#1,722
197826#1,942
197933#1,736
198030#1,888
198139#1,563
198246#1,404
198328#1,929
198427#2,009
198532#1,851
198634#1,814
198739#1,721
198838#1,803
198945#1,721
199067#1,365
1991103#1,075
1992164#823
1993268#628
1994469#467
1995600#388
1996827#320
1997802#328
1998785#342
1999664#389
2000656#390
2001717#371
2002832#332
2003666#393
2004650#401
2005599#440
2006723#409
2007742#397
2008680#425
2009665#428
2010587#456
2011506#512
2012512#516
2013592#470
2014529#524
2015554#520
2016611#495
2017487#558
2018495#557
2019460#599
2020398#660
2021440#625
2022328#771
2023258#899
2024201#1,079