Dusty
Dusty is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 26 births. Its best rank was 316th, in 1981.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 260.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1981601 births
- Best rank
- #316in 1981
- Since 1927
- 15,088people given the name
The story in the numbers
10,628 boys have been named Dusty in the United States since 1927, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1981, with 601 births.
The name has all but left use: 26 births in 2024, against 601 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1984, and the 1980s alone account for 38%. It has spent 44 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Dusty is used for both sexes: 30% of its bearers are girls (4,460), most of them born around 1980.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Dusty | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 11 | |
| 1930s | 5 | |
| 1940s | 130 | |
| 1950s | 707 | |
| 1960s | 749 | |
| 1970s | 1,626 | |
| 1980s | 3,993 | |
| 1990s | 1,884 | |
| 2000s | 924 | |
| 2010s | 426 | |
| 2020s | 173 |
In 1981, its biggest year
Dusty was the 316th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1981 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Jason and David. See all of 1981.
Names that rose and fell with Dusty
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jeredpeak 1982
- Jeradpeak 1983
- Adampeak 1984
- Dustonpeak 1986
- Johathanpeak 1988
- Justonpeak 1980
- Travispeak 1989
- Antronpeak 1980
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.