Boys' name · since 1985
Distin
Distin has 5 recorded births since 1985 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1985 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #40,516 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 5
- born since 1985
- 1980s
- peak decade
Distin is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 5 have been recorded since 1985.
Distin has 5 recorded births among boys since 1985, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 1985.
- #40,516 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 5 born since 1985
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Distin ranks #40,516 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 5 born since 1985, peaking in the 1980s.
- #40,516 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 5
- born since 1985
- 1980s
- peak decade
Distin's 5 recorded births place it above 0% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Distin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–1985
- Peak year (1985)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 1 years of records
Distin by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (5 births, 100% of the file).
1980s was Distin's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Distin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 5 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Distin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~0 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1985–1985 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Distin draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.