Duston

Last seen for boys in 2016 at #10,744

Peak · boys
1986 · 61 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,165
since 1951

Duston over time

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Rank among boys' names. Duston has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201986peak #1,227, 1986boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirths
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2016#10,7446
2015
2014#12,1085
2013
2012#12,2745
2011#12,2875
2010
2009#9,8647
2008#11,0376
2007#9,7887
2006#8,7328
2005#9,1157
2004#5,81313
2003#10,8945
2002#6,52210
2001#6,01311
2000#4,20418
1999#4,53715
1998#4,41315
1997#2,90326
1996#2,91125
1995#2,40032
1994#2,44431
1993#2,50929
1992#2,25333
1991#2,46928
1990#1,80943
1989#1,49255
1988#1,59245
1987#1,56345
1986#1,22761
1985#1,50444
1984#1,26553
1983#1,25354
1982#1,34249
1981#1,66135
1980#1,27253
1979#1,57037
1978#1,43842
1977#1,57135
1976#1,71130
1975#2,45017
1974#2,54915
1973#1,58630
1972#2,65913
1971#2,68613
1970#2,12518
1969#3,3148
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1963#3,3187
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First appearance
1951

The first year at least five boys were named Duston! It came in at #3,364, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1952–1962, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Duston
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
Rise & fade · boys
35 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1951
  • Peaked 1986 at #1,227 (61 births)
  • Births halved by 1991, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 30,189
  • Highest: 1 in 30,189 boys born in 1986 were named Duston (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 316,290 boys born in 2016 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 42.4% of all boys named Duston (494) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s6#3,364 (1951)#3,364
1960s25#3,314 (1969)#3,676
1970s250#1,438 (1978)#2,035
1980s494#1,227 (1986)#1,417
1990s277#1,809 (1990)#2,865
2000s92#4,204 (2000)#8,198
2010s21#10,744 (2016)#11,853

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Duston in 1986

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#1,227
61 births · 1 in 30,189 boys

Top boys' names in 1986

  1. #1Michael64,235
  2. #2Christopher56,693
  3. #3Matthew46,929
  4. #4Joshua37,542
  5. #5David37,150
  6. #6Daniel36,573
  7. #7James34,057
  8. #8Andrew33,858
  9. #9Robert31,350
  10. #10John30,209
  11. #1,227Duston61
More about 1986

boys

1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 30,189 of them was named Duston, which outranked 84.3% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Duston
  1. #1,217Remington62
  2. #1,217Rosendo62
  3. #1,217Thad62
  4. #1,227Duston61
  5. #1,227Abdul61
  6. #1,227Ajay61
  7. #1,227Arnaldo61
  8. #1,242Antonia60
  9. #1,242Brennen60
  10. #1,242Camden60

Tied with 14 names at #1,227; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. 1,279Spenser#2,226#947
  2. 920Jayce#1,614#694
  3. 714Addison#1,228#514
  4. 649Payton#1,614#965
  5. 573Cordell#1,181#608
Fallers
  1. 409Ulises#877#1,286
  2. 365Eliot#934#1,299
  3. 322Jordy#998#1,320
  4. 313Trace#956#1,269
  5. 292Kennith#963#1,255

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1986