Dustin
- Last seen for girls in 2009 at #15,242
- #728 for boys in 2025, 365 births
- Given to boys 99.3% of the time
- Around 1967: Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate (film)
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1985 · 10,439 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 23 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 208,341since 1916
Dustin over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #728 | 365 | |
| 2024 | — | #687 | 395 | |
| 2023 | — | #695 | 382 | |
| 2022 | — | #629 | 442 | |
| 2021 | — | #622 | 444 | |
| 2020 | — | #653 | 404 | |
| 2019 | — | #567 | 491 | |
| 2018 | — | #522 | 543 | |
| 2017 | — | #529 | 535 | |
| 2016 | — | #531 | 554 | |
| 2015 | — | #503 | 577 | |
| 2014 | — | #434 | 697 | |
| 2013 | — | #431 | 674 | |
| 2012 | — | #377 | 800 | |
| 2011 | — | #370 | 804 | |
| 2010 | — | #353 | 869 | |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | #316 | 1,008 |
| 2008 | — | #301 | 1,103 | |
| 2007 | — | #272 | 1,263 | |
| 2006 | — | #258 | 1,338 | |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #232 | 1,477 |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 | #223 | 1,554 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #207 | 1,769 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #189 | 1,982 |
| 2001 | — | #158 | 2,424 | |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | #148 | 2,621 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #133 | 2,844 |
| 1998 | — | #108 | 3,445 | |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | #88 | 4,277 |
| 1996 | #4,739 | 21 | #79 | 4,874 |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 | #62 | 5,921 |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 | #56 | 6,459 |
| 1993 | #4,998 | 19 | #59 | 6,310 |
| 1992 | #4,528 | 22 | #58 | 6,798 |
| 1991 | #4,208 | 24 | #56 | 7,383 |
| 1990 | #3,436 | 31 | #50 | 8,457 |
| 1989 | #2,478 | 46 | #48 | 9,715 |
| 1988 | #1,551 | 85 | #48 | 9,337 |
| 1987 | #1,591 | 78 | #44 | 10,108 |
| 1986 | #1,241 | 110 | #42 | 10,317 |
| 1985 | #1,505 | 81 | #41 | 10,439 |
| 1984 | #1,355 | 88 | #41 | 10,403 |
| 1983 | #1,283 | 95 | #43 | 9,678 |
| 1982 | #1,489 | 80 | #42 | 9,551 |
| 1981 | #1,261 | 102 | #42 | 9,350 |
| 1980 | #1,570 | 74 | #44 | 8,416 |
| 1979 | #1,857 | 57 | #62 | 4,899 |
| 1978 | #2,474 | 35 | #68 | 4,177 |
| 1977 | #2,381 | 37 | #81 | 3,477 |
| 1976 | #2,486 | 32 | #82 | 3,212 |
| 1975 | #2,811 | 26 | #96 | 2,677 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 18 | #121 | 2,197 |
| 1973 | #2,506 | 29 | #153 | 1,616 |
| 1972 | #3,062 | 21 | #165 | 1,561 |
| 1971 | #3,062 | 22 | #181 | 1,471 |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 | #202 | 1,285 |
| 1969 | #3,619 | 15 | #271 | 758 |
| 1968 | #3,315 | 16 | #369 | 448 |
| 1967 | — | #1,018 | 51 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,027 | 50 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,020 | 52 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,219 | 40 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,175 | 43 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,046 | 53 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,156 | 46 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,058 | 53 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,247 | 39 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,838 | 19 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,388 | 32 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,511 | 27 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,154 | 42 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,361 | 31 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,630 | 22 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,461 | 27 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,519 | 24 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,615 | 21 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,297 | 31 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,559 | 22 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,316 | 31 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,382 | 26 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,296 | 26 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,738 | 16 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,182 | 12 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,268 | 11 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,872 | 7 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,894 | 14 | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | #2,326 | 10 | |
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| 1935 | — | #2,951 | 7 | |
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| 1927 | — | #3,451 | 7 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
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| 1924 | — | #3,023 | 9 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,822 | 6 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,630 | 11 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,869 | 6 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,208 | 8 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,736 | 6 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,699 | 10 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,897 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1916
The first year at least five boys were named Dustin! It came in at #3,897, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1925, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Dustin is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Montana#227 · 1 in 753
- West Virginia#299 · 1 in 1,026
- Mississippi#333 · 1 in 1,204
- Kentucky#404 · 1 in 1,711
- Connecticut#440 · 1 in 2,201
Best ever in a state: #8 in North Dakota, 1981.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | #227 | 5 | 1 in 753 |
| West Virginia | #299 | 6 | 1 in 1,026 |
| Mississippi | #333 | 9 | 1 in 1,204 |
| Kentucky | #404 | 12 | 1 in 1,711 |
| Connecticut | #440 | 6 | 1 in 2,201 |
| Virginia | #525 | 14 | 1 in 2,661 |
| Colorado | #535 | 10 | 1 in 2,685 |
| Ohio | #555 | 18 | 1 in 2,918 |
| Illinois | #568 | 16 | 1 in 3,097 |
| Alabama | #573 | 8 | 1 in 2,690 |
| Washington | #604 | 11 | 1 in 2,982 |
| South Carolina | #608 | 7 | 1 in 3,028 |
| Missouri | #648 | 8 | 1 in 3,476 |
| Pennsylvania | #662 | 13 | 1 in 4,020 |
| Arizona | #672 | 9 | 1 in 3,636 |
| Louisiana | #672 | 6 | 1 in 3,188 |
| Tennessee | #672 | 10 | 1 in 3,677 |
| Georgia | #673 | 14 | 1 in 3,587 |
| Florida | #681 | 23 | 1 in 4,154 |
| Oklahoma | #698 | 5 | 1 in 3,536 |
| Indiana | #773 | 7 | 1 in 4,523 |
| Texas | #778 | 35 | 1 in 5,001 |
| Minnesota | #807 | 5 | 1 in 4,900 |
| Michigan | #829 | 8 | 1 in 5,024 |
| New Jersey | #829 | 7 | 1 in 5,681 |
| California | #831 | 29 | 1 in 6,051 |
| North Carolina | #936 | 8 | 1 in 6,434 |
| New York | #994 | 12 | 1 in 7,035 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Dustin
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 75 spots since 2020 (#653 → #728)
- Biggest jump: 649 spots in 1968
- Biggest drop: 86 spots in 2020
Rise & fade · boys
69 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1985 at #41 (10,439 births)
- Births halved by 1996, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 23 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 23 yrs · run 1975–1997
- Top 1,000: 58 yrs · run 1968–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 173
- Highest: 1 in 173 boys born in 1984 were named Dustin (0.58%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,680 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #41 in 1985, was only 1 in 177 (0.56%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 46.7% of all boys named Dustin (97,314) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 28 | #2,699 (1918) | #3,387 |
| 1920s | 53 | #2,630 (1922) | #3,387 |
| 1930s | 17 | #2,326 (1938) | #2,639 |
| 1940s | 196 | #1,296 (1945) | #1,780 |
| 1950s | 284 | #1,154 (1955) | #1,472 |
| 1960s | 1,594 | #271 (1969) | #936 |
| 1970s | 26,572 | #62 (1979) | #121 |
| 1980s | 97,314 | #41 (1985) | #44 |
| 1990s | 56,768 | #50 (1990) | #75 |
| 2000s | 16,539 | #148 (2000) | #230 |
| 2010s | 6,544 | #353 (2010) | #462 |
| 2020s | 2,432 | #622 (2021) | #669 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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