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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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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.
Where Destine is popular in 1998
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Virginia#747 · 1 in 5,652
- Georgia#771 · 1 in 5,567
- Ohio#1,193 · 1 in 12,324
- Texas#1,435 · 1 in 13,040
- California#2,117 · 1 in 24,557
Best ever in a state: #432 in Mississippi, 1997.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #747 | 6 | 1 in 5,652 |
| Georgia | #771 | 8 | 1 in 5,567 |
| Ohio | #1,193 | 5 | 1 in 12,324 |
| Texas | #1,435 | 11 | 1 in 13,040 |
| California | #2,117 | 9 | 1 in 24,557 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Destine
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 1998 at #1,607 (101 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 49.5% of all girls named Destine (605) were born in this decade
- 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.
Destine in 1998
Top girls' names in 1998
Top boys' names in 1998
More about 1998
girls
1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 17,495 of them was named Destine, which outranked 90.3% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,597Marielle102
- #1,597Melany102
- #1,597Vera102
- #1,607Destine101
- #1,607Andie101
- #1,607Annalisa101
- #1,607Bernice101
- #1,620Ayleen100
- #1,620Brookelyn100
- #1,620Charisma100
Tied with 12 names at #1,607; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 159,281 of them was named Destine, which outranked 54.4% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,873Yousif13
- #4,873Yovanny13
- #4,873Zohaib13
- #5,159Destine12
- #5,159Aarin12
- #5,159Abhay12
- #5,159Abid12
- #5,466Aaric11
- #5,466Abdoulaye11
- #5,466Abdulmalik11
Tied with 306 names at #5,159; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.