Dustin Boy
How popular is Dustin?
#728 boy name in 2025
365 baby boys were named Dustin in the US in 2025, making it the 728th most popular boy name.
Dustin popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #728 for boys (▼ 41 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 365 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-37% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #503 in 2015, #653 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1985 (10,439 boys) |
| Highest rank | #41 in 1984 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1916 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Dustin counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Dustin family of names ranked #671 for boys in 2025 (#628 the year before), with 385 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dustin | 365 | 95% |
| Dustyn | 20 | 5% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Dustin is most popular
Babies named Dustin per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Montana: 0.7 per 1,000 (13 boys)
- West Virginia: 0.7 per 1,000 (23 boys)
- Mississippi: 0.6 per 1,000 (35 boys)
- Idaho: 0.6 per 1,000 (23 boys)
- Kentucky: 0.5 per 1,000 (46 boys)
Dustin by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 28 | #2,698 |
| 1920s | 53 | #2,629 |
| 1930s | 17 | #2,326 |
| 1940s | 196 | #1,295 |
| 1950s | 284 | #1,153 |
| 1960s | 1,594 | #271 |
| 1970s | 26,572 | #62 |
| 1980s | 97,314 | #41 |
| 1990s | 56,768 | #50 |
| 2000s | 16,539 | #148 |
| 2010s | 6,544 | #353 |
| 2020s | 2,432 | #622 |
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Questions
- Is Dustin a boy or girl name?
- Dustin is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Dustin were boys.
- How popular is the name Dustin?
- 365 baby boys were named Dustin in the US in 2025, making it the 728th most popular boy name.
- When was Dustin most popular?
- Dustin peaked in 1985, when 10,439 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #41, held for 2 years starting in 1984.
- How many people are named Dustin?
- 209,721 babies have been named Dustin in the US since 1880. We estimate about 199,630 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 39.
- Where is Dustin most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Dustin was most common in Montana, at 0.7 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.