US Name Trends

Dustin

An English surname from the Norse Thorsteinn, “Thor’s stone.”

1985peak year
No. 41best rank (1984)
209,721babies since 1880
No. 728rank in 2025

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Dustin per year — peak 10,439▬ girls ▬ boys18801900192019401960198020002020

Dustin first shows up in the national records in 1916. It has ranked among the top 100 names for American boys in every year from 1975 to 1997. Its biggest year was 1985, when 10,439 newborn boys received the name, ranking it No. 41 nationally. In 2025 it ranked No. 728 for boys. All told, 209,721 Americans have been given the name since 1880.

Related names

Other spellings on record: Dustyn (2,733), Dustan (1,695), Dusten (1,374), Duston (1,165) (total births since 1880)

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By the decade

DecadeBirthsBest rank
1910s28No. 2699
1920s53No. 2630
1930s17No. 2326
1940s196No. 1296
1950s284No. 1154
1960s1,594No. 271
1970s26,572No. 62
1980s97,314No. 41
1990s56,768No. 50
2000s16,539No. 148
2010s6,544No. 353
2020s2,432No. 622

Births and rank shown for boys, the sex more often given the name. The Social Security Administration omits name–year combinations with fewer than five births.

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Data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby-name file, 1880–2025.