Dusty

Unisex

Dusty has been given to 15,131 babies in the U.S. since 1927. It peaked in 1981.

Meaning & origin

Derived from Dustin.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

15,131

Peak year

1981 (831 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1927

10-year trend

▼ -36%

Gender split

30% girls / 70% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Dusty.

14,919 babies since 1962

15,434 babies since 1940

14,642 babies since 1880

14,616 babies since 1900

14,547 babies since 1893

14,547 babies since 1937

15,756 babies since 1914

15,765 babies since 1894

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