Duston
Boy · DUS-tin · Old Norse
Duston is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “Thor's stone”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Duston mean?
Old Norse: spelling of Dustin; English surname from the Old Norse name Thorsteinn
“Thor's stone”
From an English surname that grew out of the Old Norse name Thorsteinn.
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Meaning borrowed from Dustin. More on Wiktionary.
Is Duston a girl's or a boy's name?
Duston is a boys' name.
How popular is Duston in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1986, with 61 boys. It first appears in the records in 1951.
Half of all the boys named Duston in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
Duston in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 26 | #2,899 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,906 |
| 1995 | 32 | #2,395 |
| 1994 | 31 | #2,439 |
| 1993 | 29 | #2,503 |
| 1992 | 33 | #2,248 |
| 1991 | 28 | #2,463 |
| 1990 | 43 | #1,804 |
| 1989 | 55 | #1,487 |
| 1988 | 45 | #1,587 |
| 1987 | 45 | #1,561 |
| 1986 | 61 | #1,226 |
| 1985 | 44 | #1,503 |
| 1984 | 53 | #1,264 |
| 1983 | 54 | #1,253 |
| 1982 | 49 | #1,341 |
| 1981 | 35 | #1,660 |
| 1980 | 53 | #1,272 |
| 1979 | 37 | #1,570 |
| 1978 | 42 | #1,438 |
| 1977 | 35 | #1,571 |
| 1976 | 30 | #1,710 |
| 1975 | 17 | #2,448 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,547 |
| 1973 | 30 | #1,586 |
| 1972 | 13 | #2,658 |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,685 |
| 1970 | 18 | #2,124 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
Nicknames for Duston
- Dusty 21 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Duston
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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