Given name & surname
Justice
“one who upholds moral rightness and fairness”
Justice is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “one who upholds moral rightness and fairness.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “one who upholds moral rightness and fairness.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Justice through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 38,674
- 19,902 boys · 18,772 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 1,689 babies
- 2025
- 355
- #1,113 for boys · #1,363 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −49%
- Cooling
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 48% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 193 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,113 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 42.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 832 in 2002. It also appeared in 162 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (19). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 28,889 as a first name in 2020; 31,110 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Justice’s family of names
In English usage, Justice shares an earlier linguistic root with JUSTITIA. Justice has a related form in Justus. Justice has a related form in Justis.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Justusvariant
- Justycevariant
- Justisevariant
- Justisvariant
- Justissvariant · English
- Justticelikely variant
- Justiccelikely variant
- Jussticelikely variant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Justice
- Justice SmithAmerican actorborn 1995
- Justice ChristopherNigerian footballer (1981–2022)
- Justice MajabviZimbabwean footballerborn 1984
- Justice DipebaMotswana sprinter (* 1974)
- Justice LeakAmerican actorborn 1979
- Justice HillAmerican football player (born 1997)
- Justice WamforCameroonian footballerborn 1981
- Justice John Erhenedefootballerborn 1986
- Justice TweneboaaGhanaian association football playerborn 2001
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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