Dusty**
#947 most common boys' name of all time · #2,194 across all names · 70% male / 30% female · used 1927–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#947
Rank overall
#2,194 of 105,966
First appeared
1927
Years on the list
87 of 146
All-time
15,131
Since 2016
488
Peak year
1981 #316
Best rank
#316 1981
Girls
Boys
peak 831/yr
Dusty first appears in 1927. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 32 | 41 | #3,526 |
| 2024 | 17 | 26 | 43 | #4,098 |
| 2023 | 14 | 34 | 48 | #3,436 |
| 2022 | 19 | 45 | 64 | #2,840 |
| 2021 | 16 | 31 | 47 | #3,606 |
| 2020 | 15 | 38 | 53 | #3,042 |
| 2019 | 13 | 37 | 50 | #3,159 |
| 2018 | 16 | 30 | 46 | #3,636 |
| 2017 | 10 | 34 | 44 | #3,329 |
| 2016 | 14 | 38 | 52 | #3,070 |
| 2015 | 16 | 48 | 64 | #2,573 |
| 2014 | 14 | 42 | 56 | #2,824 |
| 2013 | 8 | 54 | 62 | #2,342 |
| 2012 | 17 | 49 | 66 | #2,525 |
| 2011 | 13 | 34 | 47 | #3,253 |
| 2010 | 15 | 60 | 75 | #2,194 |
| 2009 | 10 | 77 | 87 | #1,879 |
| 2008 | 13 | 68 | 81 | #2,044 |
| 2007 | 18 | 81 | 99 | #1,800 |
| 2006 | 13 | 84 | 97 | #1,687 |
| 2005 | 21 | 106 | 127 | #1,407 |
| 2004 | 21 | 93 | 114 | #1,472 |
| 2003 | 20 | 93 | 113 | #1,423 |
| 2002 | 20 | 102 | 122 | #1,309 |
| 2001 | 28 | 102 | 130 | #1,291 |
| 2000 | 37 | 118 | 155 | #1,166 |
| 1999 | 39 | 131 | 170 | #1,052 |
| 1998 | 52 | 128 | 180 | #1,055 |
| 1997 | 46 | 178 | 224 | #818 |
| 1996 | 42 | 194 | 236 | #762 |
| 1995 | 60 | 223 | 283 | #714 |
| 1994 | 66 | 259 | 325 | #647 |
| 1993 | 54 | 209 | 263 | #715 |
| 1992 | 32 | 143 | 175 | #884 |
| 1991 | 53 | 170 | 223 | #789 |
| 1990 | 55 | 249 | 304 | #644 |
| 1989 | 59 | 249 | 308 | #634 |
| 1988 | 83 | 355 | 438 | #488 |
| 1987 | 101 | 405 | 506 | #443 |
| 1986 | 67 | 378 | 445 | #446 |
| 1985 | 94 | 352 | 446 | #458 |
| 1984 | 90 | 332 | 422 | #464 |
| 1983 | 129 | 309 | 438 | #483 |
| 1982 | 114 | 517 | 631 | #354 |
| 1981 | 229 | 602 | 831 | #316 |
| 1980 | 289 | 495 | 784 | #360 |
| 1979 | 194 | 193 | 387 | #616 |
| 1978 | 212 | 226 | 438 | #556 |
| 1977 | 241 | 189 | 430 | #613 |
| 1976 | 281 | 178 | 459 | #613 |
| 1975 | 206 | 148 | 354 | #676 |
| 1974 | 134 | 165 | 299 | #625 |
| 1973 | 148 | 135 | 283 | #688 |
| 1972 | 143 | 135 | 278 | #690 |
| 1971 | 111 | 119 | 230 | #753 |
| 1970 | 103 | 138 | 241 | #708 |
| 1969 | 71 | 113 | 184 | #738 |
| 1968 | 38 | 71 | 109 | #865 |
| 1967 | 41 | 57 | 98 | #967 |
| 1966 | 26 | 61 | 87 | #936 |
| 1965 | 20 | 77 | 97 | #842 |
| 1964 | 24 | 70 | 94 | #912 |
| 1963 | 12 | 65 | 77 | #934 |
| 1962 | 14 | 71 | 85 | #906 |
| 1961 | 18 | 74 | 92 | #895 |
| 1960 | 13 | 90 | 103 | #807 |
| 1959 | 18 | 93 | 111 | #796 |
| 1958 | 13 | 88 | 101 | #801 |
| 1957 | 10 | 89 | 99 | #798 |
| 1956 | 21 | 90 | 111 | #784 |
| 1955 | 9 | 78 | 87 | #835 |
| 1954 | 34 | 89 | 123 | #757 |
| 1953 | 20 | 52 | 72 | #1,014 |
| 1952 | 15 | 46 | 61 | #1,079 |
| 1951 | 17 | 41 | 58 | #1,137 |
| 1950 | 13 | 41 | 54 | #1,121 |
| 1949 | 10 | 36 | 46 | #1,203 |
| 1948 | 9 | 27 | 36 | #1,429 |
| 1947 | 17 | 22 | 39 | #1,643 |
| 1946 | 18 | 21 | 39 | #1,599 |
| 1945 | 9 | 6 | 15 | #3,295 |
| 1944 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #2,853 |
| 1941 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,954 |
| 1940 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,878 |
| 1935 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,094 |
| 1929 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1927 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,734 |