first name
DUSTIN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 171,388 people named Dustin, 88.2% reported their origin as White, 3.8% as two or more races and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Dustin peaked in 1985, when 10,520 babies got the name.
At least 209,721 babies have been given the name since 1916. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Dustin by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #78. The largest share of babies named Dustin, 64.9%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Dustin is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Dustin has been most common in Wyoming (2.8×), Idaho (2.3×), and Montana (2.2×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.11×).
206,905 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Dustin
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Dustin, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Dustin ranks #11,617 of 156,621, with 2,586 people. See Dustin as a last name
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