Dustin
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About Dustin
Dustin's popularity in recent years has probably had more due to its similarity to Justin than to idolization of Dustin Hoffman -- himself named after silent screen cowboy star Dustin Farnum -- who certainly was the one to put it on the name map. In recent years, golfer Dustin Johnson has brought fresh renown to the name. Dustin is a character in Netflix hit Stranger Things. After decades in the spotlight, Dustin feels like a classic rather than an upstart. It peaked in the Top 50s in the 1980s.
Caveat: Hoffman has confessed that his schooldays nickname was "dustbin" though in today's more tolerant naming atmosphere, Dusty may be the cute nickname.
Pronounced DUS-tin.
As of October 2026, Dustin ranked #729 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #41 in 1984, Nameberry popularity #599.
Editor's take: The name Dustin is a boy's name of Scandinavian, Norse origin meaning "brave warrior, or Thor's stone".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #435 | 696 | 362.3 |
| 2015 | #503 | 577 | 301 |
| 2016 | #531 | 554 | 291.9 |
| 2017 | #529 | 535 | 289 |
| 2018 | #523 | 543 | 299 |
| 2019 | #569 | 490 | 273.1 |
| 2020 | #654 | 403 | 233.5 |
| 2021 | #623 | 443 | 253.2 |
| 2022 | #631 | 442 | 253.1 |
| 2023 | #694 | 382 | 223.3 |
| 2024 | #685 | 394 | 228.7 |
| 2025 | #729 | 365 | 213.7 |
World rankings
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Dustin on lists
Famous Dustins
- Dustin Lee Hoffman
American actor
- Dustin Luis Pedroia
American baseball player
- Dustin Hunter Johnson
American golfer
- Dustin Lance Black
American screenwriter
- Dustin Clare
New Zealand actor
- Dustin Ray Byfuglien
American hockey player
- Dustin James Brown
American hockey player
- Dustin Farr Colquitt
American football player
- Dustin Kendall Keller
American football player
- Dustin Charles Lynch
American country music singer
- Dustin Neil Diamond
American actor
- Dustin Dollin
Australian pro skateboarder
- Dustin Ransom
American session musician
- Dustin Gee (born Gerald Harrison)
English comedian
- Dustin Michael Kensrue
American musician of band Thrice
- Dustin Payseur
American musician
- Dustin Breeding
American singer of R&B group B5
- Dustin Bates
American musician and singer of the bands Starset and Downplay
- Dustin Moskovitz
American cofounder of Facebook
- Dustin Patrick Runnels aka Goldust
American pro wrestler
- Dustin Hurt
American prospector and reality TV personality ("Gold Rush")
- Dustin Burnett aka Zayde Wolf
American songwriter and producer
- Dustin Smith
son of baseball player Ozzie Smith
- Dustin Miles
son of actress Elaine Miles
- Dustin Wilson (adopted 1998)
son of singer Ann Wilson of Heart
- Dustin Corser (b. 2015)
son of actor Rodger Corser
Dustin in pop culture
- Dustin Brooks
character on TV's "Zoey 101"
- Waldo "Dustin" Brooks
character in "Power Rangers: Ninja Storm"
- Dustin Kudlick
main character in newspaper comic strip "Dustin"
- Dustin Prince
character in video game "Ace Attorney"
- Dustin Langerak
character in computer game "The Sims 3"
- Dustin the Big Hopper
character in musical "Starlight Express"
- Dustin Henderson
character on Netflix series "Stranger Things"