girls:
1.8k births since 1963
#3978 (30th percentile)
boys:
9 births since 1982
#4577 (0th percentile)
overall:
1.8k births since 1963
#5940 (23rd percentile)
The name Dusti is the #5,940 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,815 recorded births since 1963. This represents the 23.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 23.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,978 (30.4% percentile) for all time with 1,806 births since 1963. For boys, it ranks #4,577 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 9 births since 1982.
Dusti first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1963 (1963 for girls and 1982 for boys). Birth data for Dusti is available in 59 out of the 61 years between 1963 and 2023 (59 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Dusti has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.5% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Dusti reached its peak popularity in 1980, achieving the 11.4% percentile (ranked #696) with 53 births per million. The name was most common in 1980, with 53 births per million (ranked 11.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Dusti ranks #942 for girls (0.5% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 10.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Dusti reached its peak popularity in 1982, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #687) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1982.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dusti".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Dusti. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Dusti is pronounced as DUH-stee, which has 2 syllables.
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