Dustan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DUS-tin
- Origin
- Old Norse
Dustan is a boys' name of Old Norse origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Dustan come from?
Old Norse: variant of Dustin, from Old Norse Thorsteinn, or of Old English Dunstan
Is Dustan a girl's or a boy's name?
Dustan is a boys' name.
How popular is Dustan in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1984, with 88 boys. It first appears in the records in 1954.
Half of all the boys named Dustan in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dustan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,038 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 20 | #3,593 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,733 |
| 1996 | 32 | #2,436 |
| 1995 | 35 | #2,248 |
| 1994 | 30 | #2,497 |
| 1993 | 41 | #1,964 |
| 1992 | 33 | #2,248 |
| 1991 | 50 | #1,646 |
| 1990 | 50 | #1,630 |
| 1989 | 57 | #1,447 |
| 1988 | 68 | #1,236 |
| 1987 | 44 | #1,585 |
| 1986 | 49 | #1,418 |
| 1985 | 72 | #1,093 |
| 1984 | 88 | #938 |
| 1983 | 68 | #1,075 |
| 1982 | 68 | #1,107 |
| 1981 | 76 | #1,044 |
| 1980 | 83 | #989 |
| 1979 | 54 | #1,255 |
| 1978 | 69 | #1,051 |
| 1977 | 55 | #1,187 |
| 1976 | 52 | #1,190 |
| 1975 | 60 | #1,084 |
| 1974 | 47 | #1,215 |
| 1973 | 35 | #1,435 |
| 1972 | 39 | #1,348 |
| 1971 | 34 | #1,466 |
| 1970 | 31 | #1,522 |
| 1969 | 18 | #1,976 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,492 |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
Nicknames for Dustan
- Dusty 21 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Dustan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hassan, Ahmad, Dylan, Raheem, Nathan, Kareem, Samir, Jason, Amir, Jordan, Jamal, Khalid
Names related to Dustan
More Old Norse names
Freya, Ronnie, Ralph, Eric, Astrid, Colby, Rafe, Odin, Ralphie, Erik, Freyja, Erick, Bo, Ronald, Bjorn, Erica
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dustan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dustan, updated 20 October 2026.