Destin

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · #1,609 for boys in 2025, 105 births
Given to boys 89.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
1999 · 236 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
6,124
since 1968

Destin over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201995peak #3,831, 1996peak #708, 1999girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#11,9327#1,609105
2024#10,2719#1,673100
2023#8,98911#1,567111
2022#5,98420#1,566113
2021—#1,469122
2020#8,95311#1,390125
2019#12,4487#1,287144
2018#6,52118#1,465118
2017#6,53118#1,360131
2016#7,60215#1,349132
2015#6,03621#1,231148
2014#6,98717#1,334130
2013#7,37216#1,243142
2012#7,80415#1,222145
2011#6,56419#1,017189
2010#7,51316#997196
2009#6,54420#1,085171
2008#8,10915#1,137160
2007#9,00713#1,053178
2006#5,08627#937200
2005#4,58129#935187
2004#5,74421#995166
2003#6,88516#956171
2002#5,44421#811209
2001#4,68825#727241
2000#5,31221#741230
1999#6,48415#708236
1998#4,36625#801191
1997#5,86816#797184
1996#3,83128#795182
1995#3,87827#776191
1994#4,23824#935138
1993#6,62213#1,13898
1992#6,00815#1,11996
1991#7,98710#1,19287
1990#4,12024#1,28774
1989#5,54515#1,31869
1988#6,27712#1,42754
1987#4,85716#1,48448
1986#5,45913#1,36352
1985#7,5638#1,42947
1984#5,22213#1,42245
1983#6,21210#2,08525
1982#10,5175#1,70034
1981#4,96314#1,81131
1980#7,4188#2,36721
1979#7,3138#2,37920
1978—#2,06823
1977—#2,20221
1976#9,2845#2,50817
1975—#3,42810
1974—#1,98322
1973—#3,4459
1972—#4,4416
1971—#4,9075
1970—#2,62113
1969—#3,9356
1968—#4,1365
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First appearance
1968

The first year at least five boys were named Destin! It came in at #4,136, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1968–1969, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.

Where Destin is popular in 1995

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedMNIllinois: #923 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 11,802 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedWIMichigan: #755 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 10,085 boysMINew York: #995 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 13,593 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedINOhio: #744 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 11,984 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,227 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 23,643 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedDEArizona: #608 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,495 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedARTennessee: #398 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,453 boysTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #288 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,601 boysLAMississippi: #262 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,255 boysMSAlabama: #287 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,763 boysALGeorgia: #474 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 3,725 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Destin, so not publishedHITexas: #775 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 9,569 boysTXFlorida: #574 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 5,660 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#262 · 1 in 1,255
  2. Alabama#287 · 1 in 1,763
  3. Louisiana#288 · 1 in 1,601
  4. Tennessee#398 · 1 in 3,453
  5. Georgia#474 · 1 in 3,725

Best ever in a state: #240 in Louisiana, 2002.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#262121 in 1,255
Alabama#287141 in 1,763
Louisiana#288171 in 1,601
Tennessee#398101 in 3,453
Georgia#474131 in 3,725
Florida#574151 in 5,660
Arizona#60851 in 6,495
Ohio#74461 in 11,984
Michigan#75561 in 10,085
Texas#775161 in 9,569
Illinois#92371 in 11,802
New York#99591 in 13,593
California#1,227111 in 23,643
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Destin
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 64 spots since 2024 (#1,673 → #1,609)
  • 219 spots since 2020 (#1,390 → #1,609)
  • 378 spots since 2015 (#1,231 → #1,609)
  • Biggest jump: 203 spots in 1994 (#1,138 → #935)
  • Biggest drop: 145 spots in 2003 (#811 → #956)
Rise & fade · boys
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1968
  • Peaked 1999 at #708 (236 births)
  • Births halved by 2018, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 14 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 1994–2006
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,062
  • Highest: 1 in 8,062 boys born in 2001 were named Destin (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 16,267 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #708 in 1999, was only 1 in 8,136 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 31.2% of all boys named Destin (1,913) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s11#3,935 (1969)#4,036
1970s146#1,983 (1974)#2,998
1980s426#1,318 (1989)#1,641
1990s1,477#708 (1999)#955
2000s1,913#727 (2001)#938
2010s1,475#997 (2010)#1,251
2020s676#1,390 (2020)#1,546

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Destin in 1995

girls
#3,878
27 births · 1 in 65,131 girls
boys
#776
191 births · 1 in 9,967 boys

Top girls' names in 1995

  1. #1Jessica27,941
  2. #2Ashley26,606
  3. #3Emily24,382
  4. #4Samantha21,644
  5. #5Sarah21,395
  6. #6Taylor20,426
  7. #7Hannah17,018
  8. #8Brittany16,477
  9. #9Amanda16,354
  10. #10Elizabeth16,192
  11. #3,878Destin27

Top boys' names in 1995

  1. #1Michael41,409
  2. #2Matthew32,882
  3. #3Christopher32,679
  4. #4Jacob31,134
  5. #5Joshua30,720
  6. #6Tyler29,161
  7. #7Nicholas29,160
  8. #8Brandon26,904
  9. #9Daniel26,728
  10. #10Austin25,908
  11. #776Destin191
More about 1995

girls

1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 65,131 of them was named Destin, which outranked 75.4% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Destin
  1. #3,780Tyara28
  2. #3,780Tyresha28
  3. #3,780Verna28
  4. #3,878Destin27
  5. #3,878Adair27
  6. #3,878Akasha27
  7. #3,878Alijah27
  8. #3,969Abbagail26
  9. #3,969Addy26
  10. #3,969Adison26

Tied with 90 names at #3,878; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,718Iridian#7,604 → #886
  2. ↑ 2,689Daija#3,615 → #926
  3. ↑ 2,119Lyric#2,752 → #633
  4. ↑ 1,910Daja#2,877 → #967
  5. ↑ 1,602Shania#2,047 → #445
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,205Nohely#896 → #2,101
  2. ↓ 1,048Zana#802 → #1,850
  3. ↓ 869Kadijah#512 → #1,381
  4. ↓ 609Clarisa#664 → #1,273
  5. ↓ 514Dayana#751 → #1,265

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 9,967 of them was named Destin, which outranked 92.5% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Destin
  1. #772Nico193
  2. #772Zakary193
  3. #775Royce192
  4. #776Destin191
  5. #776Lincoln191
  6. #776Muhammad191
  7. #779Benito190
  8. #779Fidel190
  9. #779Rocky190

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,703Tristin#2,307 → #604
  2. ↑ 1,494Raekwon#2,082 → #588
  3. ↑ 1,357Tristian#2,219 → #862
  4. ↑ 1,269Triston#1,795 → #526
  5. ↑ 1,186Rashaan#2,123 → #937
Fallers
  1. ↓ 469Shyheim#817 → #1,286
  2. ↓ 335Ryne#897 → #1,232
  3. ↓ 251Daulton#792 → #1,043
  4. ↓ 247Demetri#886 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 242Jerrell#917 → #1,159

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1995 →