Dustin

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Dustin: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Dustin: Recorded since 1981, with a gap of 16 years, its highest recorded position is #322, and it stood at #1,517 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
44years from first to last
#322highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Dustin's record

Absent from every published list for 16 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2901
2003	#3467
2004	#3651
2011	#4647
2012	#3416
2013	#3822
2014	#4632
2015	#3908
2016	#3478
2017	#2512
2018	#2445
2019	#1439
2020	#1085
2021	#1782
2022	#1534
2023	#1243
2024	#1517

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 17 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1981–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2901 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1517 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Dustin by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Dustin in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	6	2 of 10	3
2010s	57	9 of 10	6
2020sbusiest	93	5 of 10	19

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 19 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Dustin appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1981 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #322 in Republic of Ireland in 1981.

Dustin's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1517	17	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1243	22	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1534	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1782	13	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1085	25	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1439	17	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2512	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1981 and 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #322, first reached in 1981.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 25 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 16 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 17 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Dunya · #1452, 22y
Duru · #3447, 13y
Dusty · #860, 17y
Dwain · #222, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aarron · #323, 19y
Rikki · #324, 23y
Tristian · #324, 17y
Dayne · #319, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Pat · #322, 23y
Tommaso · #322, 29y
Julien · #321, 31y
Leoni · #320, 32y

Dustin was ranked #322 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1981. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Dustin and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Dustin without appearing here.

Dustin moved ahead of

Willow Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2445 and #2445 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1439 and #4702.
Anders Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2445 and #2259 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1439 and #3937.
Gustav Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2445 and #2259 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1439 and #3937.
Garry Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3478 and #3079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2445 and #4749.

Moved the opposite way to Dustin

Aaron Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dustin went from #2901 to #1517 while Aaron went from #31 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dustin went from #2901 to #1517 while Adam went from #21 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dustin went from #2901 to #1517 while Alan went from #196 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dustin went from #2901 to #1517 while Alex went from #46 to #171.

Moved the same way as Dustin

Albie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dustin went from #2901 to #1517 and Albie from #716 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dustin went from #2901 to #1517 and Alfie from #71 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dustin went from #2901 to #1517 and Alfred from #174 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dustin went from #2901 to #1517 and Archie from #120 to #10.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1981 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #322 in Republic of Ireland in 1981. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Dustin

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dustin by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What stands out in Dustin's record

Dustin by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Dustin appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Dustin

Dustin and the names beside it

Dustin moved ahead of

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