# Dusty (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dusty/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 15,131 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 10,662 / 4,469 (30% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 277, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Derived from Dustin.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 8,771 |
| 2012 | 17 | 7,231 |
| 2013 | 8 | 12,317 |
| 2014 | 14 | 8,174 |
| 2015 | 16 | 7,369 |
| 2016 | 14 | 8,116 |
| 2017 | 10 | 10,168 |
| 2018 | 16 | 7,191 |
| 2019 | 13 | 8,247 |
| 2020 | 15 | 7,312 |
| 2021 | 16 | 7,041 |
| 2022 | 19 | 6,281 |
| 2023 | 14 | 7,746 |
| 2024 | 17 | 6,707 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,316 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 34 | 3,259 |
| 2012 | 49 | 2,528 |
| 2013 | 54 | 2,343 |
| 2014 | 42 | 2,822 |
| 2015 | 48 | 2,575 |
| 2016 | 38 | 3,077 |
| 2017 | 34 | 3,332 |
| 2018 | 30 | 3,630 |
| 2019 | 37 | 3,155 |
| 2020 | 38 | 3,034 |
| 2021 | 31 | 3,600 |
| 2022 | 45 | 2,838 |
| 2023 | 34 | 3,437 |
| 2024 | 26 | 4,104 |
| 2025 | 32 | 3,532 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,681 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,464 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2018 | 11 | 2,340 |
| 2019 | 18 | 1,634 |
| 2020 | 25 | 1,267 |
| 2021 | 41 | 860 |
| 2022 | 19 | 1,556 |
| 2023 | 26 | 1,255 |
| 2024 | 17 | 1,743 |
| 2025 | 21 | 1,454 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,813 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,538 |

## People named Dusty

- Dusty Hill, American bassist (1949-2021)
- Dusty Anderson, American actress (1918-2007)
- Dusty Johnson, American politician (born 1976)
- Dusty Jonas, American athletics competitor
- Dusty Baker, American retired baseball player and manager (born 1949)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.