Girls' name · since 1968
Dustie
Dustie has 921 recorded births since 1968 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1980 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,960 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 921
- born since 1968
- 1980s
- peak decade
Dustie is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 921 have been recorded since 1968.
Dustie has 921 recorded births among girls since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls 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 1968 to 2024.
- #7,960 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 921 born since 1968
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dustie ranks #7,960 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 921 born since 1968, peaking in the 1980s.
- #7,960 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 921
- born since 1968
- 1980s
- peak decade
Dustie's 921 recorded births place it above 88.99% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Dustie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dustie splits its recorded history at 1992: 30% of all births land in the more recent half, 70% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2011 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1980 peak of 58 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dustie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2024
- Peak year (1980)
- 58
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Dustie popularity over time - boys
11 total births recorded since 1985 (Dustie as boys' name)
Dustie by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (308 births, 33% of the file).
1980s was Dustie's strongest decade.
308 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Dustie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 13
1960s
13 births
- 1970s
1970s
290 births
- 1980s
1980s
308 births
- 1990s
1990s
170 births
- 2000s 90
2000s
90 births
- 2010s 40
2010s
40 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 308 births (33% of all-time use).
How Dustie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Dustie's total volume
Dustie by state
Where Dustie concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 28 | 3.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 25 | 2.7% |
| #3 | Oklahoma | | 11 | 1.2% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #5 | Iowa | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 5 | 0.5% |
28 of 921 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Dustie's data
- Dustie's decade-level peak was the 1980s (308 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Dusties (28 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Dustie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~56 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, 1968–2024 (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 Dustie 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.