Justa
Justa is a name with multiple cultural origins: Ancient Roman, Spanish.
- Ancient Roman
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Justa
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Justa is a name with multiple cultural origins: Ancient Roman, Spanish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Ancient Roman
- Spanish
The Story of Justa
Justa first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1894, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1975: 10 births, good for #5,515 nationwide. About 27% of every Justa on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Justa last appeared in the published SSA data in 2002, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 204 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Justa
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Justa. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Iusta
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About the name Justa
Justa is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1894 and has accumulated 204 births in the dataset. Justa's peak popularity came in 1975 when it ranked #5,515. Use the chart and map above to compare Justa's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.