Dusty · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1944

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 82 recorded years as a table

Dusty, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1944	4
1945	7
1946	11
1947	10
1948	5
1949	6
1950	8
1951	9
1952	8
1953	11
1954	18
1955	5
1956	10
1957	5
1958	6
1959	9
1960	6
1961	9
1962	7
1963	6
1964	13
1965	11
1966	15
1967	25
1968	23
1969	42
1970	59
1971	67
1972	94
1973	101
1974	91
1975	141
1976	192
1977	157
1978	138
1979	121
1980	174
1981	137
1982	67
1983	77
1984	53
1985	55
1986	39
1987	58
1988	47
1989	32
1990	29
1991	28
1992	17
1993	30
1994	37
1995	34
1996	24
1997	26
1998	29
1999	22
2000	20
2001	16
2002	11
2003	11
2004	11
2005	11
2006	7
2007	9
2008	7
2009	5
2010	8
2011	7
2012	10
2013	5
2014	8
2015	9
2016	8
2017	6
2018	9
2019	8
2020	9
2021	10
2022	12
2023	9
2024	10
2025	6

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dusty isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 9
Rank in 2025: #10,107
How rare: 1 in 178,585 girls
Since 1944: 4,469

Most popular in 1976, at 192 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 38% per million girls born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.