Distin — boys' name
5 babies named Distin in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Distin was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Distin in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Distin
The Social Security Administration has registered 5 babies named Distin between 1985 and 1985, spanning 1 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Distin currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1985. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Distin performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Distin in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 5 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Distin at a glance
Last recorded 1985Peak year
Current rank
Active since
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
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1985.
5 total births across 1 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 5 births in a single year.
Distin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 5 births that decade — 100% of Distin's all-time total
Distin decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Distin's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1985–1985 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.