Dusty

Where Dusty comes from

Derived from Dustin.
— Wiktionary's entry for Dusty
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1916
    Dusty Anderson born
    American actress
  2. 1927
    First appearance
    #4,210 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1949
    Dusty Hill born
    American bassist
  4. 1980
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  5. 1981
    Peak, #316
    602 babies named Dusty — more than any year before or since.
  6. 1989
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #632.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Dustin.
Namesakes
  • Dusty Hill · American bassist, 1949–2021
  • Dusty Anderson · American actress, 1916–2007
  • Dusty Johnson · American politician, born 1976
  • Dusty Jonas · American athletics competitor, born 1986
  • Dusty Baker · American retired baseball player and manager, born 1949

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.