Duston
Last seen for boys in 2016 at #10,744
- Peak · boys
- 1986 · 61 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,165since 1951
Duston over time
Rank among boys' names. Duston has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2016 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #5,813 | 13 |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #6,522 | 10 |
| 2001 | #6,013 | 11 |
| 2000 | #4,204 | 18 |
| 1999 | #4,537 | 15 |
| 1998 | #4,413 | 15 |
| 1997 | #2,903 | 26 |
| 1996 | #2,911 | 25 |
| 1995 | #2,400 | 32 |
| 1994 | #2,444 | 31 |
| 1993 | #2,509 | 29 |
| 1992 | #2,253 | 33 |
| 1991 | #2,469 | 28 |
| 1990 | #1,809 | 43 |
| 1989 | #1,492 | 55 |
| 1988 | #1,592 | 45 |
| 1987 | #1,563 | 45 |
| 1986 | #1,227 | 61 |
| 1985 | #1,504 | 44 |
| 1984 | #1,265 | 53 |
| 1983 | #1,253 | 54 |
| 1982 | #1,342 | 49 |
| 1981 | #1,661 | 35 |
| 1980 | #1,272 | 53 |
| 1979 | #1,570 | 37 |
| 1978 | #1,438 | 42 |
| 1977 | #1,571 | 35 |
| 1976 | #1,711 | 30 |
| 1975 | #2,450 | 17 |
| 1974 | #2,549 | 15 |
| 1973 | #1,586 | 30 |
| 1972 | #2,659 | 13 |
| 1971 | #2,686 | 13 |
| 1970 | #2,125 | 18 |
| 1969 | #3,314 | 8 |
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| 1964 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
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| 1951 | #3,364 | 6 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Duston! It came in at #3,364, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1952–1962, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Duston is popular in 1983
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Alabama#443 · 1 in 5,117
- Louisiana#630 · 1 in 7,338
Best ever in a state: #442 in Arizona, 1980.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Alabama | #443 | 5 | 1 in 5,117 |
| Louisiana | #630 | 5 | 1 in 7,338 |
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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 Duston
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
- Debuted 1951
- Peaked 1986 at #1,227 (61 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 30,189 boys born in 1986 were named Duston (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 316,290 boys born in 2016 (0.00%)
- 42.4% of all boys named Duston (494) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6 | #3,364 (1951) | #3,364 |
| 1960s | 25 | #3,314 (1969) | #3,676 |
| 1970s | 250 | #1,438 (1978) | #2,035 |
| 1980s | 494 | #1,227 (1986) | #1,417 |
| 1990s | 277 | #1,809 (1990) | #2,865 |
| 2000s | 92 | #4,204 (2000) | #8,198 |
| 2010s | 21 | #10,744 (2016) | #11,853 |
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.
Duston in 1983
Top boys' names in 1983
More about 1983
boys
1,792,564 boys got a published name in 1983; 1 in 33,196 of them was named Duston, which outranked 82.9% 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).
- #1,239Rueben55
- #1,239Tito55
- #1,239Valentino55
- #1,253Duston54
- #1,253Baby54
- #1,253Douglass54
- #1,253Erica54
- #1,265Benedict53
- #1,265Camron53
- #1,265Gareth53
Tied with 11 names at #1,253; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.