How rare is the name Dusty?

12,895 people in the United States have the first name Dusty, about 1 in 23,422. It ranks #2,090 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DUSTY

#2,090

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,895
About
1 in 23,422
This common or more
78.5%
Who bears it

Of the 12,895 people named Dusty, 88.9% reported their origin as White, 4.2% as two or more races and 3% as Hispanic or Latino. 70.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Dusty peaked in 1981, when 831 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19272025
Peak year
1981
Births that year
831
In 2025*
41 ▼95%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 15,131 babies have been given the name since 1927. 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.

Dusty by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #782. The largest share of babies named Dusty, 41.5%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1920s#11,72211
1930s#11,9535
1940s#3,399198
1950s#1,812877
1960s#1,7831,026
1970s#9623,399
1980s#7825,249
1990s#1,5192,383
2000s#3,0611,125
2010s#5,216562
2020s#5,691296
Greatest Generation 1901–270%
Silent Generation 1928–450.3%
Baby boom 1946–649.8%
Generation X 1965–8031.4%
Millennials 1981–9641.5%
Generation Z 1997–1212.5%
2013 and later4.4%

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 Dusty is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Dusty has been most common in Oklahoma (5×), Idaho (3×), and Louisiana (2.9×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.18×).

9,227 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 Dusty

#2,088 Shania · 12,970#2,089 Wilmer · 12,924#2,091 Devyn · 12,889#2,092 Bailee · 12,886

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Dusty, most common first.

#8,984 Dusti · 1,579

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