Boy
Dustin
As a boy's name, Dustin traces back to Germanic, where it is understood to mean "Brave warrior". It was at its most popular in the 1980s and is rarely chosen now. As things stand now, it is widely recognized. It has appeared in U.S. birth records in nearly every decade since 1900, a genuinely long run.
GermanicBrave warrior
GermanicThor's stone
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
28
1920s
53
1930s
17
1940s
196
1950s
284
1960s
1,625
1970s
26,874
1980s
98,158
1990s
56,931
2000s
16,568
2010s
5,490
Peaked in the 1980s · 206,224 total U.S. births since 1900