Destine
Last seen for girls in 2019 at #13,799 · Last seen for boys in 2019 at #10,803
Given to girls 86.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1998 · 101 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,222since 1972
Destine over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
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| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 | — | |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 | #8,130 | 9 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #8,767 | 8 |
| 2010 | #5,771 | 23 | #8,803 | 8 |
| 2009 | #8,058 | 15 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | — | |
| 2007 | #5,377 | 26 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #5,233 | 26 | #5,525 | 15 |
| 2005 | #3,461 | 43 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,490 | 42 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #3,232 | 45 | #7,245 | 9 |
| 2002 | #3,461 | 39 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #2,600 | 58 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | #2,213 | 71 | #4,785 | 15 |
| 1999 | #1,893 | 83 | #5,035 | 13 |
| 1998 | #1,607 | 101 | #5,159 | 12 |
| 1997 | #1,927 | 75 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #2,282 | 58 | #5,187 | 11 |
| 1995 | #1,982 | 69 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #2,412 | 53 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #2,241 | 58 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,267 | 34 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #3,036 | 37 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,022 | 37 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,848 | 18 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,308 | 20 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #4,635 | 16 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | — | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 | — | |
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| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | — | |
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| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1972
The first year at least five girls were named Destine! It came in at #8,292, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1972–1975, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Destine
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
Rise & fade · girls
26 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 1998 at #1,607 (101 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 17,495
- Highest: 1 in 17,495 girls born in 1998 were named Destine (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 279,728 girls born in 2019 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 49.5% of all girls named Destine (605) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2012
- Mostly boys until 2011, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 23 | #5,427 (1979) | #7,292 |
| 1980s | 118 | #4,308 (1988) | #6,393 |
| 1990s | 605 | #1,607 (1998) | #2,367 |
| 2000s | 382 | #2,213 (2000) | #4,453 |
| 2010s | 94 | #5,771 (2010) | #10,934 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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