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Dusty Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Dusty?

In 2018 the rare name Dusty, ranked the 3,598th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Dusty is currently less popular.

Its highest popularity ranking of #316 was reached in 1981 with 601 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Dusty was less than 5, most recently in 1943.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Dusty occurred roughly during the years 1945-1954, 1967-1970, 1971-1974, and 1975-1981, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1986-1992, 1997-2001, and 2007-2011.

Sometimes the name Dusty has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

For a number of years, the name Dusty has been spiralling downward in popularity. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Dusty for their newborn has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Dusty?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very low point.

The name Dusty is very unique and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Dusty has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Dusty (Girl)Dusty (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 16 7,135 30 3,598
2017 10 10,141 34 3,323
2016 14 8,097 37 3,120
2015 16 7,359 48 2,574
2014 14 8,156 42 2,819
2013 8 12,297 54 2,342
2012 17 7,222 49 2,524
2011 13 8,758 34 3,257
2010 15 7,997 60 2,188
2009 10 10,893 77 1,876
2008 13 9,107 68 2,044
2007 18 7,164 81 1,799
2006 13 8,864 84 1,686
2005 21 5,871 106 1,404
2004 21 5,806 93 1,470
2003 20 5,871 93 1,421
2002 20 5,725 102 1,310
2001 28 4,351 102 1,290
2000 37 3,541 118 1,167
1999 39 3,263 131 1,050
1998 52 2,626 128 1,055
1997 46 2,711 178 819
1996 42 2,859 194 762
1995 60 2,223 223 714
1994 66 2,087 259 647
1993 54 2,357 209 715
1992 32 3,435 143 885
1991 53 2,394 170 787
1990 55 2,300 249 642
1989 59 2,104 249 633
1988 83 1,583 355 488
1987 101 1,351 405 443
1986 67 1,741 378 446
1985 94 1,375 352 457
1984 90 1,345 332 464
1983 129 1,071 309 481
1982 114 1,194 517 355
1981 229 720 601 316
1980 289 630 495 359
1979 194 815 193 614
1978 212 738 226 556
1977 241 661 189 611
1976 281 583 179 612
1975 206 719 148 676
1974 134 931 165 626
1973 148 870 135 688
1972 143 887 135 688
1971 111 1,085 120 747
1970 103 1,135 138 708
1969 71 1,360 113 734
1968 38 1,944 71 862
1967 41 1,821 57 957
1966 26 2,367 61 933
1965 20 2,764 77 839
1964 24 2,553 70 908
1963 12 3,861 66 920
1962 14 3,474 71 905
1961 18 2,987 74 891
1960 13 3,551 90 806
1959 18 2,787 94 791
1958 13 3,419 87 803
1957 10 4,007 89 797
1956 21 2,482 89 787
1955 9 4,156 78 829
1954 34 1,781 89 752
1953 20 2,379 52 1,006
1952 15 2,848 46 1,070
1951 17 2,507 41 1,125
1950 13 2,947 41 1,108
1949 10 3,448 36 1,189
1948 9 3,670 27 1,409
1947 17 2,477 22 1,616
1946 18 2,250 21 1,569
1945 9 3,206 6 3,090
1944 5 4,752 8 2,692
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.