Duston — boys' name

What the Data Says About Duston

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,165 babies named Duston between 1951 and 2016, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Duston currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 61 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Duston performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 494 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Duston shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 75 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Duston in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Duston 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 1,165 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.