Boy or Girl

Is Dustin a boy or girl name?

Dustin is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 394 boys were named Dustin, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.7% of the 209,352 US babies named Dustin were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
#685
Girl rank, 2024
Not ranked
Babies named Dustin since 1916
209,352
Most popular year
1985
10,520 babies
Babies named Dustin each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Dustin from 1916 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.05,00010,00015,00020,000192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Dustin, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1910s2800%
1920s5300%
1930s1700%
1940s19600%
1950s28400%
1960s1,594311.9%
1970s26,5732951.1%
1980s97,3158390.9%
1990s56,7681670.3%
2000s16,539480.3%
2010s6,54100%
2020s2,06400%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
2024394#6850–
2023382#6940–
2022442#6310–
2021443#6230–
2020403#6540–
2019490#5690–
2018543#5230–
2017535#5290–
2016554#5310–
2015577#5030–
2014696#4350–
2013674#4310–
2012800#3770–
2011804#3700–
2010868#3530–
20091,008#3166#15,793
20081,103#3010–
20071,263#2720–
20061,338#2580–
20051,477#2327#13,397
20041,554#22317#6,872
20031,769#2075#16,483
20021,982#1895#16,169
20012,424#1580–
20002,621#1488#11,025
19992,844#1338#10,635
19983,445#1080–
19974,277#8811#7,920
19964,874#7921#4,778
19955,921#6216#5,754
19946,459#5615#6,077
19936,310#5919#5,049
19926,798#5822#4,579
19917,383#5624#4,240
19908,457#5031#3,455
19899,715#4846#2,489
19889,336#4885#1,554
198710,108#4478#1,594
198610,317#42110#1,243
198510,439#4181#1,507
198410,403#4188#1,356
19839,679#4395#1,286
19829,550#4280#1,493
19819,353#42102#1,265
19808,415#4474#1,573
19794,899#6257#1,860
19784,177#6835#2,485
19773,477#8137#2,384
19763,212#8232#2,497
19752,678#9626#2,830
19742,197#12118#3,592
19731,616#15329#2,520
19721,561#16521#3,094
19711,471#18122#3,083
19701,285#20218#3,468
1969758#27115#3,663
1968448#36916#3,360
196751#1,0230–
196650#1,0350–
196552#1,0240–
196440#1,2220–
196343#1,1810–
196253#1,0490–
196146#1,1620–
196053#1,0600–
195939#1,2510–
195819#1,8590–
195732#1,3990–
195627#1,5150–
195542#1,1540–
195431#1,3640–
195322#1,6470–
195227#1,4680–
195124#1,5330–
195021#1,6250–
194931#1,3090–
194822#1,5740–
194731#1,3240–
194626#1,3900–
194526#1,3050–
194416#1,7600–
194312#2,2080–
194211#2,2960–
19417#2,9540–
194014#1,9240–
19390–0–
193810#2,3700–
19370–0–
19360–0–
19357#3,0380–
19340–0–
19330–0–
19320–0–
19310–0–
19300–0–
19290–0–
19280–0–
19277#3,5480–
19266#3,8350–
19250–0–
19249#3,0840–
19236#3,9360–
192211#2,6760–
19216#3,9870–
19208#3,2860–
19196#3,8480–
191810#2,7440–
19177#3,3090–
19165#4,0850–

Highest rank

As a boy name, Dustin reached #41 in 1984. As a girl name, it reached #1,243 in 1986. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 1980s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

Names spelled like Dustin

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.