How popular is the name Dusty?

Dusty ranks 1,034th among boys' names in US records, with 15,088 births since 1927. Over the past decade it accounts for 360.

Is Dusty a unisex name?

No. Dusty is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1981, when 601 children were given the name. It has been in use for 98 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Boy name#1,034 of boy names

Pronounced D AH1 S T IY0 (ARPABET)

Dusty is a boys' name, and first appears in 1927. It has been given to 15,088 children — the 1,034th most common boys' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 360 births across the past decade, against a peak of 601 in a single year. That peak was in 1981.

1981Boys: 601Girls: 229

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Dusty?: Dusty ranks 1,034th among boys' names in US records, with 15,088 births since 1927. Over the past decade it accounts for 360.
Is Dusty a unisex name?: No. Dusty is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Dusty most popular?: 1981, when 601 children were given the name. It has been in use for 98 years and is still recorded as of 2024.