Justice
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Meaning
virtue name meaning 'moral rightness', from Latin 'iustitia'
The story
Justice is the virtue itself, Latin iustitia by way of the English courtroom, and it does something few names manage: it refuses to pick a side. In our records about 18,800 girls and 19,900 boys carry it, and this decade the count runs 1,838 girls to 1,823 boys, about as even as a split can run. The virtue names mostly chose lanes long ago, Faith and Hope settling with the girls, but Justice stayed open to everyone. The record: about 9,400 in the 1990s, 12,700 in the 2000s, 11,600 in the 2010s, and 3,700 so far this decade. A name that is a sentence, a wish written in one word, and the rare one that parents of daughters and parents of sons reach for in equal measure.
How popular is Justice around the world?
In the United States, 3,661 babies were named Justice between 2020 and 2025.
Justice is on the official records of the United States, South Australia, Canada, England and Wales and Spain.
United States
1 in 6,000
In the United States, 3,661 babies were named Justice between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Justice peaked in the 2000s and the 2010s in nearly equal measure. Justice went to 1,258 US babies in 2015 and 355 in 2025, 28% of the earlier figure.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
South Australia
1 in 9,2002017
In South Australia, 1 girl was registered as Justice in 2017.
In South Australia, 1 boy was registered as Justice in 2017.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
Canada
1 in 37,000
In Canada, 10 boys named Justice were born in 2024, ranked 1,964th among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
England and Wales
1 in 120,000
In England and Wales, 5 boys named Justice were born in 2025, ranked 3,684th among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Spain
1 in 830,000
In Spain, 54 residents are named Justice, ranked 13,656th among men, with a mean age of 30.9 years.
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Austria
last on record 2018
Justice is not on the 2025 record for Austria, which publishes every first name down to a single birth, so the name was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.
Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)
New Zealand
last on record 1997
Justice is not on the 2025 record for New Zealand, where names under 10 in a year are excluded at source.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time
Scotland
last on record 2009
Justice is not on the 2024 record for Scotland, where spellings under 3 in total are suppressed at source.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names
Not on the record in Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Ireland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Justice
Most people given the name Justice in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
Keep exploring
The Justice deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Justice truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Justice fits with your family’s names and surname.
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