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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #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 1989

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #52 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 168 boysAKMaine: #37 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 112 boysMEVermont: #51 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 156 boysVTNew Hampshire: #64 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 258 boysNHWashington: #53 for boys · 168 births · 1 in 202 boysWAIdaho: #31 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 110 boysIDMontana: #43 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 128 boysMTNorth Dakota: #25 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 84 boysNDMinnesota: #39 for boys · 251 births · 1 in 126 boysMNIllinois: #54 for boys · 340 births · 1 in 255 boysILWisconsin: #39 for boys · 246 births · 1 in 135 boysWIMichigan: #52 for boys · 336 births · 1 in 207 boysMINew York: #90 for boys · 247 births · 1 in 546 boysNYMassachusetts: #127 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 951 boysMARhode Island: #102 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 655 boysRIOregon: #44 for boys · 122 births · 1 in 159 boysORNevada: #42 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 160 boysNVWyoming: #26 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 78 boysWYSouth Dakota: #29 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 92 boysSDIowa: #30 for boys · 166 births · 1 in 110 boysIAIndiana: #27 for boys · 397 births · 1 in 100 boysINOhio: #35 for boys · 588 births · 1 in 133 boysOHPennsylvania: #57 for boys · 342 births · 1 in 238 boysPANew Jersey: #111 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 861 boysNJConnecticut: #91 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 568 boysCTCalifornia: #93 for boys · 656 births · 1 in 410 boysCAUtah: #54 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 167 boysUTColorado: #44 for boys · 156 births · 1 in 155 boysCONebraska: #40 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 129 boysNEMissouri: #31 for boys · 356 births · 1 in 106 boysMOKentucky: #18 for boys · 319 births · 1 in 77 boysKYWest Virginia: #24 for boys · 127 births · 1 in 81 boysWVVirginia: #44 for boys · 252 births · 1 in 166 boysVAMaryland: #56 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 255 boysMDDelaware: #51 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 204 boysDEArizona: #52 for boys · 152 births · 1 in 199 boysAZNew Mexico: #45 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 171 boysNMKansas: #33 for boys · 146 births · 1 in 117 boysKSArkansas: #24 for boys · 168 births · 1 in 91 boysARTennessee: #16 for boys · 393 births · 1 in 88 boysTNNorth Carolina: #33 for boys · 358 births · 1 in 129 boysNCSouth Carolina: #37 for boys · 130 births · 1 in 181 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #453 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,190 boysDCOklahoma: #25 for boys · 203 births · 1 in 101 boysOKLouisiana: #26 for boys · 261 births · 1 in 122 boysLAMississippi: #38 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 160 boysMSAlabama: #26 for boys · 220 births · 1 in 123 boysALGeorgia: #31 for boys · 351 births · 1 in 141 boysGAHawaii: #33 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 128 boysHITexas: #47 for boys · 699 births · 1 in 212 boysTXFlorida: #50 for boys · 407 births · 1 in 219 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Tennessee#16 · 1 in 88
  2. Kentucky#18 · 1 in 77
  3. West Virginia#24 · 1 in 81
  4. Arkansas#24 · 1 in 91
  5. North Dakota#25 · 1 in 84

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Tennessee#163931 in 88
Kentucky#183191 in 77
Arkansas#241681 in 91
West Virginia#241271 in 81
North Dakota#25551 in 84
Oklahoma#252031 in 101
Alabama#262201 in 123
Louisiana#262611 in 122
Wyoming#26311 in 78
Indiana#273971 in 100
South Dakota#29511 in 92
Iowa#301661 in 110
Georgia#313511 in 141
Idaho#31611 in 110
Missouri#313561 in 106
Hawaii#33541 in 128
Kansas#331461 in 117
North Carolina#333581 in 129
Ohio#355881 in 133
Maine#37681 in 112
South Carolina#371301 in 181
Mississippi#381071 in 160
Minnesota#392511 in 126
Wisconsin#392461 in 135
Nebraska#40851 in 129
Nevada#42501 in 160
Montana#43361 in 128
Colorado#441561 in 155
Oregon#441221 in 159
Virginia#442521 in 166
New Mexico#45681 in 171
Texas#476991 in 212
Florida#504071 in 219
Delaware#51231 in 204
Vermont#51221 in 156
Alaska#52261 in 168
Arizona#521521 in 199
Michigan#523361 in 207
Washington#531681 in 202
Illinois#543401 in 255
Utah#54991 in 167
Maryland#561261 in 255
Pennsylvania#573421 in 238
New Hampshire#64311 in 258
New York#902471 in 546
Connecticut#91391 in 568
California#936561 in 410
Rhode Island#102101 in 655
New Jersey#111641 in 861
Massachusetts#127461 in 951
District of Columbia#45361 in 2,190

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 1989

girls
#2,478
46 births · 1 in 40,077 girls
boys
#48
9,715 births · 1 in 206 boys

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #2,478Dustin46

Top boys' names in 1989

  1. #1Michael65,415
  2. #2Christopher53,186
  3. #3Matthew45,375
  4. #4Joshua44,100
  5. #5David35,225
  6. #6Daniel35,007
  7. #7Andrew34,817
  8. #8Justin32,852
  9. #9James32,720
  10. #10Robert30,072
  11. #48Dustin9,715
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 40,077 of them was named Dustin, which outranked 83.0% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dustin
  1. #2,442Siedah47
  2. #2,442Tasheena47
  3. #2,442Teena47
  4. #2,478Dustin46
  5. #2,478Adrienna46
  6. #2,478Amal46
  7. #2,478Amberlee46
  8. #2,527Allisha45
  9. #2,527Ambrosia45
  10. #2,527Anh45

Tied with 48 names at #2,478; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,523Audriana#10,386 → #863
  2. ↑ 7,504Martika#8,391 → #887
  3. ↑ 6,932Audrianna#7,691 → #759
  4. ↑ 3,972Elizabet#4,496 → #524
  5. ↑ 1,772Katherin#2,489 → #717
Fallers
  1. ↓ 539Diandra#905 → #1,444
  2. ↓ 524Taja#720 → #1,244
  3. ↓ 455Jonathan#999 → #1,454
  4. ↓ 445Katarina#960 → #1,405
  5. ↓ 397Caryn#816 → #1,213

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

boys

2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 206 of them was named Dustin, which outranked 99.5% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dustin
  1. #45Cody10,823
  2. #46Jose10,331
  3. #47Samuel10,107
  4. #48Dustin9,715
  5. #49Paul9,029
  6. #50Jesse8,853
  7. #51Scott8,850
Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,314Kiara#7,270 → #956
  2. ↑ 5,870Alexande#6,426 → #556
  3. ↑ 1,111Kwame#1,768 → #657
  4. ↑ 766Kadeem#1,467 → #701
  5. ↑ 684Hakeem#1,270 → #586
Fallers
  1. ↓ 839Long#819 → #1,658
  2. ↓ 337Darell#981 → #1,318
  3. ↓ 294Whitney#890 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 269Trevin#840 → #1,109
  5. ↓ 252Curt#850 → #1,102

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

See the top 100 for 1989 →