Destinee

#3,028 for girls in 2025, 54 births

Peak · girls
1997 · 945 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
16,800
since 1973

Destinee over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Destinee has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202001peak #307, 1997girls
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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
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#3,02854
2024#2,55969
2023#2,67465
2022#2,03495
2021#2,07192
2020#1,752114
2019#1,687124
2018#1,623131
2017#1,441157
2016#1,353175
2015#1,227201
2014#1,040249
2013#918277
2012#793337
2011#716386
2010#705406
2009#622485
2008#615497
2007#631472
2006#559528
2005#518566
2004#522549
2003#471634
2002#488572
2001#361823
2000#327973
1999#3081,002
1998#308983
1997#307945
1996#313899
1995#322849
1994#387655
1993#465542
1992#553426
1991#639349
1990#847232
1989#913199
1988#1,007162
1987#1,274110
1986#1,57276
1985#1,83361
1984#2,42139
1983#2,06948
1982#2,53237
1981#2,19546
1980#3,21526
1979#2,79531
1978#4,93113
1977#3,48621
1976—
1975#7,1737
1974#7,6806
1973#8,4235
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First appearance
1973

The first year at least five girls were named Destinee! It came in at #8,423, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1976, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Destinee is popular in 2001

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Destinee, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Destinee, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Destinee, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Destinee, so not publishedNHWashington: #571 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,192 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Destinee, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Destinee, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Destinee, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #517 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,155 girlsMNIllinois: #469 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 2,707 girlsILWisconsin: #366 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,944 girlsWIMichigan: #358 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 2,080 girlsMINew York: #462 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 2,648 girlsNYMassachusetts: #710 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,243 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Destinee, so not publishedRIOregon: #531 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,657 girlsORNevada: #401 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,648 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Destinee, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Destinee, so not publishedSDIowa: #467 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,745 girlsIAIndiana: #419 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,361 girlsINOhio: #311 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 1,752 girlsOHPennsylvania: #362 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 2,074 girlsPANew Jersey: #379 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,179 girlsNJConnecticut: #317 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,657 girlsCTCalifornia: #456 for girls · 89 births · 1 in 2,497 girlsCAUtah: #637 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,468 girlsUTColorado: #400 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,882 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Destinee, so not publishedNEMissouri: #393 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,202 girlsMOKentucky: #248 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,245 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Destinee, so not publishedWVVirginia: #280 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,350 girlsVAMaryland: #475 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,669 girlsMDDelaware: #115 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 432 girlsDEArizona: #420 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,001 girlsAZNew Mexico: #298 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,147 girlsNMKansas: #317 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,473 girlsKSArkansas: #290 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,296 girlsARTennessee: #211 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,040 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #249 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 1,195 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #205 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 987 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Destinee, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #214 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 929 girlsOKLouisiana: #209 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 944 girlsLAMississippi: #172 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 725 girlsMSAlabama: #186 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 868 girlsALGeorgia: #253 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 1,237 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Destinee, so not publishedHITexas: #359 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 1,939 girlsTXFlorida: #310 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 1,681 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Delaware#115 · 1 in 432
  2. Mississippi#172 · 1 in 725
  3. Alabama#186 · 1 in 868
  4. South Carolina#205 · 1 in 987
  5. Louisiana#209 · 1 in 944

Best ever in a state: #82 in Wyoming, 1998.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Delaware#11571 in 432
Mississippi#172161 in 725
Alabama#186231 in 868
South Carolina#205171 in 987
Louisiana#209221 in 944
Tennessee#211291 in 1,040
Oklahoma#214181 in 929
Kentucky#248161 in 1,245
North Carolina#249371 in 1,195
Georgia#253391 in 1,237
Virginia#280261 in 1,350
Arkansas#29091 in 1,296
New Mexico#29871 in 1,147
Florida#310461 in 1,681
Ohio#311341 in 1,752
Connecticut#31791 in 1,657
Kansas#31791 in 1,473
Michigan#358241 in 2,080
Texas#359791 in 1,939
Pennsylvania#362271 in 2,074
Wisconsin#366131 in 1,944
New Jersey#379191 in 2,179
Missouri#393131 in 2,202
Colorado#400131 in 1,882
Nevada#40161 in 1,648
Indiana#419141 in 2,361
Arizona#420161 in 2,001
California#456891 in 2,497
New York#462371 in 2,648
Iowa#46751 in 2,745
Illinois#469261 in 2,707
Maryland#47591 in 2,669
Minnesota#51781 in 3,155
Oregon#53161 in 2,657
Washington#57191 in 3,192
Utah#63751 in 3,468
Massachusetts#71061 in 5,243
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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 Destinee
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 469 spots since 2024 (#2,559 → #3,028)
  • 1,276 spots since 2020 (#1,752 → #3,028)
  • 1,801 spots since 2015 (#1,227 → #3,028)
  • Biggest jump: 208 spots in 1991 (#847 → #639)
  • Biggest drop: 127 spots in 2002 (#361 → #488)
Rise & fade · girls
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1973
  • Peaked 1997 at #307 (945 births)
  • Births halved by 2007, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 25 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 1989–2013
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,770
  • Highest: 1 in 1,770 girls born in 1999 were named Destinee (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 29,764 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #307 in 1997, was only 1 in 1,842 (0.05%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 41.0% of all girls named Destinee (6,882) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s83#2,795 (1979)#5,748
1980s804#913 (1989)#1,903
1990s6,882#307 (1997)#445
2000s6,099#327 (2000)#511
2010s2,443#705 (2010)#1,150
2020s489#1,752 (2020)#2,353

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.

Destinee in 2001

girls
#361
823 births · 1 in 2,188 girls

Top girls' names in 2001

  1. #1Emily25,059
  2. #2Madison22,166
  3. #3Hannah20,723
  4. #4Ashley16,531
  5. #5Alexis16,404
  6. #6Sarah15,929
  7. #7Samantha15,867
  8. #8Abigail14,807
  9. #9Elizabeth14,792
  10. #10Olivia13,977
  11. #361Destinee823
More about 2001

girls

1,800,624 girls got a published name in 2001; 1 in 2,188 of them was named Destinee, which outranked 98.0% of the 17,978 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Destinee
  1. #358Tamia828
  2. #359Eleanor826
  3. #360Ashlynn824
  4. #361Destinee823
  5. #361Ashton823
  6. #363Zoey822
  7. #364Annika821
  8. #365Harley820

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

Biggest movers since 2000
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,602Dafne#2,569 → #967
  2. ↑ 1,493Nevaeh#1,759 → #266
  3. ↑ 1,339Jimena#2,213 → #874
  4. ↑ 1,263Taina#2,174 → #911
  5. ↑ 1,069Yuliana#1,759 → #690
Fallers
  1. ↓ 913Dariana#837 → #1,750
  2. ↓ 368Cortney#825 → #1,193
  3. ↓ 362Maiya#994 → #1,356
  4. ↓ 313Rosalinda#701 → #1,014
  5. ↓ 307Ivana#863 → #1,170

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

See the top 100 for 2001 →