Dustin
Pronounced D AH1 S T AE1 N (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1985
- 109 years in use
- 4 spellings
How popular is Dustin?
Dustin is a boys' name, and first appears in 1916. It has been given to 216,299 children — the 177th most common boys' name on record.
It is falling away, down 53% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1985, when 10,675 children were given it.
Four other spellings are counted in that total — Dustyn, Dustan, Dusten and one more — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Dustin and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Dustyn
- Dustan
- Dusten
- Duston
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- D AH1 S T AE1 N · D AH1 S T AH0 N · D AH1 S T EH1 N · D AH1 S T IH0 N
- Stress pattern:
- 11 · 10 · 11 · 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Dustin
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Dustin
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Dustin?
- Dustin ranks 177th among boys' names in US records, with 216,299 births since 1916. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,961.
- Is Dustin a unisex name?
- No. Dustin is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Dustin most popular?
- 1985, when 10,675 children were given the name. It has been in use for 109 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Dustin spelled?
- Dustyn, Dustan, Dusten, Duston. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.