Dustin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DUS-tin
- Origin
- Old Norse
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,372 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #728 for boys
Dustin is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “Thor's stone”. In 2025 it ranked 1,372nd for boys in the UK (21 babies) and 728th for boys in the US (365 babies).
What does Dustin mean?
Old Norse: English surname from the Old Norse name Thorsteinn
“Thor's stone”
From an English surname that grew out of the Old Norse name Thorsteinn.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Dustin a girl's or a boy's name?
Dustin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the UK and 365 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dustin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,372nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the UK were named Dustin, making it the 1,372nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,179th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 26 boys.
Half of all the boys named Dustin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,306th in England and Wales.
Dustin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #1,372 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,585 |
| 2023 | 26 | #1,190 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,561 |
| 2021 | 13 | #1,876 |
| 2020 | 25 | #1,179 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,543 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Dustin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 728th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 365 about 1 in 4,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 365 boys in the US were named Dustin, making it the 728th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 653rd. Its busiest year was 1985, with 10,439 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916.
2025 had fewer boys named Dustin than any year since 1967.
Half of all the boys named Dustin in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 385 boys in the US were given Dustin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #663, up from #728 for this spelling alone.
- Dustin 365
- Dustyn 20
Dustin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 365 | #728 |
| 2024 | 395 | #687 |
| 2023 | 382 | #695 |
| 2022 | 442 | #629 |
| 2021 | 444 | #622 |
| 2020 | 404 | #653 |
| 2019 | 491 | #567 |
| 2018 | 543 | #522 |
| 2017 | 535 | #529 |
| 2016 | 554 | #531 |
| 2015 | 577 | #503 |
| 2014 | 697 | #434 |
| 2013 | 674 | #431 |
| 2012 | 800 | #377 |
| 2011 | 804 | #370 |
| 2010 | 869 | #353 |
| 2009 | 1,008 | #316 |
| 2008 | 1,103 | #301 |
| 2007 | 1,263 | #272 |
| 2006 | 1,338 | #258 |
| 2005 | 1,477 | #232 |
| 2004 | 1,554 | #223 |
| 2003 | 1,769 | #207 |
| 2002 | 1,982 | #189 |
| 2001 | 2,424 | #158 |
| 2000 | 2,621 | #148 |
| 1999 | 2,844 | #133 |
| 1998 | 3,445 | #108 |
| 1997 | 4,277 | #88 |
| 1996 | 4,874 | #79 |
| 1995 | 5,921 | #62 |
| 1994 | 6,459 | #56 |
| 1993 | 6,310 | #59 |
| 1992 | 6,798 | #58 |
| 1991 | 7,383 | #56 |
| 1990 | 8,457 | #50 |
| 1989 | 9,715 | #48 |
| 1988 | 9,337 | #48 |
| 1987 | 10,108 | #44 |
| 1986 | 10,317 | #42 |
| 1985 | 10,439 | #41 |
| 1984 | 10,403 | #41 |
| 1983 | 9,678 | #43 |
| 1982 | 9,551 | #42 |
| 1981 | 9,350 | #42 |
| 1980 | 8,416 | #44 |
| 1979 | 4,899 | #62 |
| 1978 | 4,177 | #68 |
| 1977 | 3,477 | #81 |
| 1976 | 3,212 | #82 |
| 1975 | 2,677 | #96 |
| 1974 | 2,197 | #121 |
| 1973 | 1,616 | #153 |
| 1972 | 1,561 | #165 |
| 1971 | 1,471 | #181 |
| 1970 | 1,285 | #202 |
| 1969 | 758 | #271 |
| 1968 | 448 | #369 |
| 1967 | 51 | #1,018 |
| 1966 | 50 | #1,027 |
| 1965 | 52 | #1,020 |
| 1964 | 40 | #1,218 |
| 1963 | 43 | #1,174 |
| 1962 | 53 | #1,045 |
| 1961 | 46 | #1,155 |
| 1960 | 53 | #1,057 |
| 1959 | 39 | #1,246 |
| 1958 | 19 | #1,837 |
| 1957 | 32 | #1,387 |
| 1956 | 27 | #1,510 |
| 1955 | 42 | #1,153 |
| 1954 | 31 | #1,360 |
| 1953 | 22 | #1,629 |
| 1952 | 27 | #1,460 |
| 1951 | 24 | #1,518 |
| 1950 | 21 | #1,614 |
| 1949 | 31 | #1,296 |
| 1948 | 22 | #1,558 |
| 1947 | 31 | #1,315 |
| 1946 | 26 | #1,381 |
| 1945 | 26 | #1,295 |
| 1944 | 16 | #1,737 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,181 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,267 |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 14 | #1,894 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,326 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,629 |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,698 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
Nicknames for Dustin
- Dusty 21 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Dustin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Austin, Eric, Robin, Colby, Ali, Caleb, Joey, Hunter, Zachary, Grayson, Mason, Roman
Other spellings of Dustin
Names related to Dustin
More Old Norse names
Freya, Ronnie, Ralph, Astrid, Rafe, Odin, Ralphie, Erik, Freyja, Erick, Bo, Ronald, Bjorn, Erica, Raife, Ivar
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Dustin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dustin, updated 20 October 2026.