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

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Peak · boys
1985 · 10,439 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
23 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
208,341
since 1916

Dustin over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201983peak #41, 1985boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#728365
2024—#687395
2023—#695382
2022—#629442
2021—#622444
2020—#653404
2019—#567491
2018—#522543
2017—#529535
2016—#531554
2015—#503577
2014—#434697
2013—#431674
2012—#377800
2011—#370804
2010—#353869
2009#15,2426#3161,008
2008—#3011,103
2007—#2721,263
2006—#2581,338
2005#13,0107#2321,477
2004#6,76817#2231,554
2003#15,7845#2071,769
2002#15,4325#1891,982
2001—#1582,424
2000#10,7458#1482,621
1999#10,3458#1332,844
1998—#1083,445
1997#7,74211#884,277
1996#4,73921#794,874
1995#5,67716#625,921
1994#5,98415#566,459
1993#4,99819#596,310
1992#4,52822#586,798
1991#4,20824#567,383
1990#3,43631#508,457
1989#2,47846#489,715
1988#1,55185#489,337
1987#1,59178#4410,108
1986#1,241110#4210,317
1985#1,50581#4110,439
1984#1,35588#4110,403
1983#1,28395#439,678
1982#1,48980#429,551
1981#1,261102#429,350
1980#1,57074#448,416
1979#1,85757#624,899
1978#2,47435#684,177
1977#2,38137#813,477
1976#2,48632#823,212
1975#2,81126#962,677
1974#3,55818#1212,197
1973#2,50629#1531,616
1972#3,06221#1651,561
1971#3,06222#1811,471
1970#3,43518#2021,285
1969#3,61915#271758
1968#3,31516#369448
1967—#1,01851
1966—#1,02750
1965—#1,02052
1964—#1,21940
1963—#1,17543
1962—#1,04653
1961—#1,15646
1960—#1,05853
1959—#1,24739
1958—#1,83819
1957—#1,38832
1956—#1,51127
1955—#1,15442
1954—#1,36131
1953—#1,63022
1952—#1,46127
1951—#1,51924
1950—#1,61521
1949—#1,29731
1948—#1,55922
1947—#1,31631
1946—#1,38226
1945—#1,29626
1944—#1,73816
1943—#2,18212
1942—#2,26811
1941—#2,8727
1940—#1,89414
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1926—#3,7086
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1923—#3,8226
1922—#2,63011
1921—#3,8696
1920—#3,2088
1919—#3,7366
1918—#2,69910
1917—#3,2177
1916—#3,8975
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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 1983

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #38 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 112 boysAKMaine: #54 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 189 boysMEVermont: #64 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 253 boysVTNew Hampshire: #71 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 365 boysNHWashington: #42 for boys · 198 births · 1 in 159 boysWAIdaho: #28 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 92 boysIDMontana: #22 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 75 boysMTNorth Dakota: #14 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 60 boysNDMinnesota: #36 for boys · 282 births · 1 in 111 boysMNIllinois: #45 for boys · 399 births · 1 in 205 boysILWisconsin: #39 for boys · 270 births · 1 in 125 boysWIMichigan: #49 for boys · 290 births · 1 in 216 boysMINew York: #107 for boys · 163 births · 1 in 716 boysNYMassachusetts: #90 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 714 boysMARhode Island: #118 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 815 boysRIOregon: #39 for boys · 136 births · 1 in 135 boysORNevada: #41 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 138 boysNVWyoming: #28 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 89 boysWYSouth Dakota: #13 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 60 boysSDIowa: #27 for boys · 238 births · 1 in 86 boysIAIndiana: #26 for boys · 402 births · 1 in 94 boysINOhio: #38 for boys · 555 births · 1 in 137 boysOHPennsylvania: #56 for boys · 295 births · 1 in 260 boysPANew Jersey: #154 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 1,186 boysNJConnecticut: #93 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 621 boysCTCalifornia: #60 for boys · 742 births · 1 in 279 boysCAUtah: #29 for boys · 188 births · 1 in 97 boysUTColorado: #45 for boys · 160 births · 1 in 157 boysCONebraska: #24 for boys · 146 births · 1 in 82 boysNEMissouri: #29 for boys · 390 births · 1 in 92 boysMOKentucky: #33 for boys · 223 births · 1 in 115 boysKYWest Virginia: #33 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 120 boysWVVirginia: #45 for boys · 166 births · 1 in 211 boysVAMaryland: #63 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 333 boysMDDelaware: #68 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 354 boysDEArizona: #39 for boys · 151 births · 1 in 157 boysAZNew Mexico: #51 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 220 boysNMKansas: #21 for boys · 228 births · 1 in 78 boysKSArkansas: #22 for boys · 160 births · 1 in 95 boysARTennessee: #22 for boys · 370 births · 1 in 86 boysTNNorth Carolina: #38 for boys · 241 births · 1 in 158 boysNCSouth Carolina: #45 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 225 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #123 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 581 boysDCOklahoma: #18 for boys · 315 births · 1 in 79 boysOKLouisiana: #25 for boys · 333 births · 1 in 110 boysLAMississippi: #31 for boys · 122 births · 1 in 149 boysMSAlabama: #35 for boys · 162 births · 1 in 158 boysALGeorgia: #39 for boys · 195 births · 1 in 208 boysGAHawaii: #40 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 174 boysHITexas: #37 for boys · 851 births · 1 in 167 boysTXFlorida: #55 for boys · 248 births · 1 in 275 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Dakota#13 · 1 in 60
  2. North Dakota#14 · 1 in 60
  3. Oklahoma#18 · 1 in 79
  4. Kansas#21 · 1 in 78
  5. Montana#22 · 1 in 75

Best ever in a state: #8 in North Dakota, 1981.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Dakota#13881 in 60
North Dakota#14951 in 60
Oklahoma#183151 in 79
Kansas#212281 in 78
Arkansas#221601 in 95
Montana#22771 in 75
Tennessee#223701 in 86
Nebraska#241461 in 82
Louisiana#253331 in 110
Indiana#264021 in 94
Iowa#272381 in 86
Idaho#28861 in 92
Wyoming#28441 in 89
Missouri#293901 in 92
Utah#291881 in 97
Mississippi#311221 in 149
Kentucky#332231 in 115
West Virginia#331031 in 120
Alabama#351621 in 158
Minnesota#362821 in 111
Texas#378511 in 167
Alaska#38421 in 112
North Carolina#382411 in 158
Ohio#385551 in 137
Arizona#391511 in 157
Georgia#391951 in 208
Oregon#391361 in 135
Wisconsin#392701 in 125
Hawaii#40421 in 174
Nevada#41421 in 138
Washington#421981 in 159
Colorado#451601 in 157
Illinois#453991 in 205
South Carolina#45921 in 225
Virginia#451661 in 211
Michigan#492901 in 216
New Mexico#51531 in 220
Maine#54381 in 189
Florida#552481 in 275
Pennsylvania#562951 in 260
California#607421 in 279
Maryland#63781 in 333
Vermont#64131 in 253
Delaware#68111 in 354
New Hampshire#71171 in 365
Massachusetts#90511 in 714
Connecticut#93301 in 621
New York#1071631 in 716
Rhode Island#11871 in 815
District of Columbia#123131 in 581
New Jersey#154371 in 1,186

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
  • 41 spots since 2024 (#687 → #728)
  • 75 spots since 2020 (#653 → #728)
  • 225 spots since 2015 (#503 → #728)
  • Biggest jump: 649 spots in 1968 (#1,018 → #369)
  • Biggest drop: 86 spots in 2020 (#567 → #653)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s28#2,699 (1918)#3,387
1920s53#2,630 (1922)#3,387
1930s17#2,326 (1938)#2,639
1940s196#1,296 (1945)#1,780
1950s284#1,154 (1955)#1,472
1960s1,594#271 (1969)#936
1970s26,572#62 (1979)#121
1980s97,314#41 (1985)#44
1990s56,768#50 (1990)#75
2000s16,539#148 (2000)#230
2010s6,544#353 (2010)#462
2020s2,432#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.

Dustin in 1983

girls
#1,283
95 births · 1 in 17,585 girls
boys
#43
9,678 births · 1 in 185 boys

Top girls' names in 1983

  1. #1Jennifer54,353
  2. #2Jessica45,283
  3. #3Amanda33,749
  4. #4Ashley33,289
  5. #5Sarah27,228
  6. #6Melissa23,475
  7. #7Nicole22,400
  8. #8Stephanie22,329
  9. #9Heather20,747
  10. #10Elizabeth19,842
  11. #1,283Dustin95

Top boys' names in 1983

  1. #1Michael68,004
  2. #2Christopher59,324
  3. #3Matthew50,209
  4. #4David39,201
  5. #5Joshua36,687
  6. #6James36,342
  7. #7Jason35,113
  8. #8Daniel34,748
  9. #9John33,154
  10. #10Robert32,745
  11. #43Dustin9,678
More about 1983

girls

1,670,609 girls got a published name in 1983; 1 in 17,585 of them was named Dustin, which outranked 89.4% of the 12,074 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dustin
  1. #1,278Mark96
  2. #1,278Nisha96
  3. #1,278Petra96
  4. #1,283Dustin95
  5. #1,283Deandra95
  6. #1,283Deann95
  7. #1,283Estrella95
  8. #1,295Cinthia94
  9. #1,295Joslyn94
  10. #1,295Natashia94

Tied with 11 names at #1,283; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,772Ciji#7,469 → #697
  2. ↑ 6,751Kirby#7,469 → #718
  3. ↑ 2,656Dwan#3,530 → #874
  4. ↑ 1,888Mallory#2,220 → #332
  5. ↑ 987Marquita#1,099 → #112
Fallers
  1. ↓ 656Syreeta#717 → #1,373
  2. ↓ 572Jenilee#817 → #1,389
  3. ↓ 538Tenika#947 → #1,485
  4. ↓ 396Toccara#541 → #937
  5. ↓ 333Venus#950 → #1,283

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,792,564 boys got a published name in 1983; 1 in 185 of them was named Dustin, which outranked 99.4% of the 7,344 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dustin
  1. #40Nathan10,557
  2. #41Travis10,478
  3. #42Gregory9,980
  4. #43Dustin9,678
  5. #44Sean9,615
  6. #45Kenneth8,965
  7. #46Jesse8,469
Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,260Remington#3,108 → #848
  2. ↑ 2,159Trumaine#3,108 → #949
  3. ↑ 1,157Akeem#1,774 → #617
  4. ↑ 738Jacoby#1,654 → #916
  5. ↑ 655Deven#1,622 → #967
Fallers
  1. ↓ 284Marcello#969 → #1,253
  2. ↓ 275Schuyler#845 → #1,120
  3. ↓ 273Jessy#917 → #1,190
  4. ↓ 258Kennith#981 → #1,239
  5. ↓ 220Jarrad#933 → #1,153

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1983 →