Recorded 1927–2025 · United States
Dusty was most popular in 1981, when 831 American babies were given the name — ranking #558 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,410, with 41 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 15,131 people named Dusty.
Dusty first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1927, which makes it about 98 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 87 of the 99 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 15,131 American births named Dusty between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 14,022 are estimated to be alive today.
41 American babies were named Dusty in 2025, ranking #6,410 that year.
Dusty is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 49 births a year, against 59 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -18% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Dusty is a unisex name — 29.5% of the 15,131 Americans given it were girls and 70.5% were boys. It changed hands: since 1980 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 29% girls and 71% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 14,022 Americans named Dusty are alive today — 93% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 43 years old, and half are between 33 and 50.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org