Dustin — #686 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Dustin

The Social Security Administration has registered 207,972 babies named Dustin between 1916 and 2024, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dustin currently holds the #686 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 10,439 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dustin performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 97,315 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Dustin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 16,602 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Dustin in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dustin 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 207,972 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.