Dusty
Dusty is a given name and possibly a nickname. It may refer to:Dusty Blake, American baseball coach Dusty Bonner, American former football quarterback Dusty Button, American ballet dancer Dusty Deevers, American politician and pastor Dusty Drake, American country singer Dusty Dvoracek, American football player Dusty Good, American soccer player and captain for the United States Virgin Islands…
- English
Meaning & Origin of Dusty
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dusty is a given name and possibly a nickname. It may refer to:Dusty Blake, American baseball coach Dusty Bonner, American former football quarterback Dusty Button, American ballet dancer Dusty Deevers, American politician and pastor Dusty Drake, American country singer Dusty Dvoracek, American football player Dusty Good, American soccer player and captain for the United States Virgin Islands…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Dusty
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Dusty as a girl name dates back to 1944, when 5 babies received it. 1980 was its biggest year on record, with 289 newborns named Dusty — #631 in the national rankings. About 39% of every Dusty on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Dusty ranks #6,548 for girls with 17 births, rising sharply (+20% over the past five years). All told, over 4K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Dusty as a boy name dates back to 1927, when 5 babies received it. 1981 was its biggest year on record, with 601 newborns named Dusty — #316 in the national rankings. About 37% of every Dusty on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Dusty ranks #3,917 for boys with 28 births, gradually falling (-5%). All told, over 11K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Dusty
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Dusty. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Dusty
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About the name Dusty
Dusty is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1927 and has accumulated 11K births in the dataset. Dusty's peak popularity came in 1981 when it ranked #316. Use the chart and map above to compare Dusty's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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