Destiny
Rank in 2025
#635
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
458
girls 458
Peak year
2000
9,850 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
152,289
since 1956
Born a Destiny? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Destiny was most popular in 2000, when 9,850 babies recorded as girls got the name (5.4 per 1,000). In 2025, 458 babies were named Destiny, ranking #635 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 40%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 458 | 635 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 643 | 481 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 708 | 438 | 6 | 10821 |
| 2022 | 798 | 391 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 801 | 392 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 891 | 347 | 6 | 10605 |
| 2019 | 1,052 | 309 | 13 | 6406 |
| 2018 | 1,206 | 275 | 9 | 8154 |
| 2017 | 1,389 | 226 | 10 | 7546 |
| 2016 | 1,603 | 203 | 14 | 6053 |
| 2015 | 1,733 | 186 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 2,077 | 156 | 7 | 9642 |
| 2013 | 2,314 | 138 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 2,720 | 113 | 12 | 6626 |
| 2011 | 3,273 | 90 | 10 | 7502 |
| 2010 | 3,737 | 71 | 10 | 7591 |
| 2009 | 4,617 | 56 | 8 | 8985 |
| 2008 | 5,320 | 47 | 13 | 6393 |
| 2007 | 5,742 | 41 | 12 | 6622 |
| 2006 | 6,313 | 36 | 14 | 5781 |
| 2005 | 6,894 | 32 | 16 | 5034 |
| 2004 | 6,546 | 38 | 31 | 3158 |
| 2003 | 6,977 | 37 | 17 | 4616 |
| 2002 | 7,804 | 34 | 19 | 4188 |
| 2001 | 9,752 | 22 | 23 | 3617 |
| 2000 | 9,850 | 24 | 25 | 3299 |
| 1999 | 9,172 | 28 | 21 | 3591 |
| 1998 | 8,155 | 34 | 24 | 3191 |
| 1997 | 6,727 | 42 | 25 | 2981 |
| 1996 | 5,856 | 56 | 14 | 4396 |
| 1995 | 5,380 | 66 | 15 | 4052 |
| 1994 | 4,089 | 86 | 15 | 4094 |
| 1993 | 2,942 | 111 | 18 | 3501 |
| 1992 | 2,610 | 130 | 16 | 3748 |
| 1991 | 1,899 | 156 | 13 | 4231 |
| 1990 | 1,408 | 202 | 7 | 6415 |
| 1989 | 1,153 | 238 | 11 | 4527 |
| 1988 | 944 | 268 | 16 | 3203 |
| 1987 | 811 | 299 | 10 | 4239 |
| 1986 | 606 | 382 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 572 | 391 | 5 | 6523 |
| 1984 | 564 | 389 | 5 | 6315 |
| 1983 | 516 | 421 | 7 | 4907 |
| 1982 | 469 | 454 | 8 | 4593 |
| 1981 | 467 | 458 | 5 | 6262 |
| 1980 | 440 | 478 | 6 | 5525 |
| 1979 | 384 | 514 | 5 | 6056 |
| 1978 | 324 | 547 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 211 | 727 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 185 | 774 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 161 | 833 | 5 | 5464 |
| 1974 | 117 | 1023 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 86 | 1226 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 58 | 1578 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 49 | 1805 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 37 | 2160 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 24 | 2704 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 26 | 2431 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 13 | 3656 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 20 | 2752 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 13 | 3549 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 13 | 3692 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 11 | 4019 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 8 | 4865 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 9 | 4437 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 6 | 5566 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 5 | 6086 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 5 | 5952 | <5 | — |
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Names like Destiny
Names whose popularity rose and fell over the same years.
Where Destiny is most popular
- Mississippi1.8×
- Nevada1.7×
- New Mexico1.6×
- California1.4×
- Georgia1.3×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years