Boys' name · since 1951
Duston
Duston has 1,165 recorded births since 1951 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1986 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,665 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 1,165
- born since 1951
- 1980s
- peak decade
Duston is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 1,165 have been recorded since 1951.
Duston has 1,165 recorded births among boys since 1951, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys 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 1951 to 2016.
- #4,665 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 1,165 born since 1951
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Duston ranks #4,665 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,165 born since 1951, peaking in the 1980s.
- #4,665 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 1,165
- born since 1951
- 1980s
- peak decade
Duston's 1,165 recorded births place it above 89.73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
Duston's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Duston splits its recorded history at 1989: 38% of all births land in the more recent half, 62% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1962 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1986 peak of 61 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Duston popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–2016
- Peak year (1986)
- 61
- Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
Duston by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (494 births, 42% of the file).
1980s was Duston's strongest decade.
494 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Duston births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s 25
1960s
25 births
- 1970s
1970s
250 births
- 1980s
1980s
494 births
- 1990s
1990s
277 births
- 2000s 92
2000s
92 births
- 2010s 21
2010s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 494 births (42% of all-time use).
How Duston compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Duston's total volume
Duston by state
Where Duston concentrates geographically, total births since 1951
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 75 | 6.4% |
| #2 | Louisiana | | 48 | 4.1% |
| #3 | California | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.4% |
75 of 1,165 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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- Duston's decade-level peak was the 1980s (494 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Dustons (75 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Duston: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1951–2016 (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 Duston 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.