Unisex name · since 1966
Dustine
Since 1966, U.S. Social Security records show 146 babies named Dustine, peaking in 1970. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,028 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 146
- born since 1966
- 1970s
- peak decade
Dustine sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 146 recorded since 1966.
Dustine has 146 recorded births among girls since 1966, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 1997.
- #23,028 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 146 born since 1966
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dustine ranks #23,028 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 146 born since 1966, peaking in the 1970s.
- #23,028 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 146
- born since 1966
- 1970s
- peak decade
Dustine's 146 recorded births place it above 68.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dustine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dustine splits its recorded history at 1979: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1966 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1970 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dustine popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–1997
- Peak year (1970)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Dustine popularity over time - boys
96 total births recorded since 1980 (Dustine as boys' name)
Dustine by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (66 births, 45% of the file).
1970s was Dustine's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Dustine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 19
1960s
19 births
- 1970s
1970s
66 births
- 1980s
1980s
48 births
- 1990s 13
1990s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 66 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Dustine's decade-level peak was the 1970s (66 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dustine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~31 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, 1966–1997 (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 Dustine 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.