Dustin

Where Dustin comes from

Probably from Old Norse Þorsteinn (“Thor's stone”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Dustin
  • Germanic
  • 2 syllables
Dustin through the years
  1. 1916
    First appearance
    #3,897 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1967
    Around this time: Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate
    Film, 1967 · Source
  3. 1969
    Dustin Rhodes born
    American professional wrestler
  4. 1984
    Dustin Moskovitz born
    American computer/Internet entrepreneur
  5. 1985
    Peak, #41
    10,439 babies named Dustin, the most in any year.
  6. 1996
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #79.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages (very rarely also given to women).
Namesakes
  • Dustin Moskovitz · American computer/Internet entrepreneur, born 1984
  • Dustin Rhodes · American professional wrestler, born 1969
  • Dustin Poirier · American mixed martial artist, born 1989
  • Dustin Lance Black · American screenwriter, director and producer, born 1974
  • Dustin Milligan · Canadian actor, born 1985

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name.