Justice
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.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Justice peaked in the 2000s and the 2010s in nearly equal measure.
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.
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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