Dustin

What Dustin means

Possibly “Thor s stone”

Probably from Old Norse Þorsteinn (“Thor 's stone”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Dustin” (revision 71071468), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Dustin?

US: Falling: down from #503 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #3908 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1984, when 10,403 boys got the name (#41 that year). First in the US records in 1916.

How common

• About 1 in 4,680 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 12,949 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MT (1.33 per 1,000 boys), WV (0.97 per 1,000 boys), MS (0.83 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Dustin is #728 in the US and #1307 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Dustin were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Destin105 US
• Dustyn20 US
• Dastan13 US
• Destyn12 US
• Destan6 US · 4 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Dustin

Boys

• Robert#92“shining glory”^*
• Frank#513Form of Francis, meaning “Frankish (man); a Frank”^*
• Ronald#637“advice + power”^*
• Richard#234“king, ruler + hard, brave”^*
• Jeffrey#552Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #552 vs #1,705 in 2025
• Raymond#394“advice + protection”^*

For a sister

• Linda#902“tender, soft”^*
• Alicia#460Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1984, with 7,820 babies; 672 in 2025
• Anne#619Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1959, with 5,745 babies; 472 in 2025
• Alison#476“of noble kind”^*
• Allison#103Form of Elon, meaning “oak tree”^*
• Alyssa#453“a plant of the genus Alyssum”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Germanic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Dustin’s. Rank is US 2025.