Dusten
Dusten is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 198566 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1969
- 1,374people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,374 boys have been named Dusten in the United States since 1969, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1985, with 66 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1988, and the 1980s alone account for 39%.
By decade
In 1985, its biggest year
Dusten was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1985 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 1985.
Names that rose and fell with Dusten
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jerredpeak 1988
- Jerridpeak 1988
- Justinpeak 1988
- Dustinpeak 1985
- Jonmichaelpeak 1985
- Jeredpeak 1982
- Caseypeak 1990
- Jarridpeak 1990
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.