Dusti — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dusti

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,806 babies named Dusti between 1963 and 2023, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dusti currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 94 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dusti performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 595 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Dusti shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 209 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Dusti in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dusti 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 1,806 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.