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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202002peak #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
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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 2002

  • 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: #619 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,552 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: fewer than 5 girls named Destinee, so not publishedMNIllinois: #677 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 4,292 girlsILWisconsin: #518 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,108 girlsWIMichigan: #359 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 2,032 girlsMINew York: #652 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 4,037 girlsNYMassachusetts: #559 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,835 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Destinee, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Destinee, so not publishedORNevada: #475 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,040 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Destinee, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Destinee, so not publishedSDIowa: #435 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,250 girlsIAIndiana: #423 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,306 girlsINOhio: #377 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 2,156 girlsOHPennsylvania: #760 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,526 girlsPANew Jersey: #699 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,579 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Destinee, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #549 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 3,275 girlsCAUtah: #493 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,514 girlsUTColorado: #331 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,461 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Destinee, so not publishedNEMissouri: #416 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,326 girlsMOKentucky: #353 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,928 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Destinee, so not publishedWVVirginia: #586 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,566 girlsVAMaryland: #344 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,697 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Destinee, so not publishedDEArizona: #397 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,803 girlsAZNew Mexico: #286 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,041 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Destinee, so not publishedKSArkansas: #425 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,971 girlsARTennessee: #319 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,580 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #443 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,413 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #413 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,063 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Destinee, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #336 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,510 girlsOKLouisiana: #567 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,931 girlsLAMississippi: #152 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 629 girlsMSAlabama: #197 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 928 girlsALGeorgia: #403 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 2,017 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Destinee, so not publishedHITexas: #505 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 2,835 girlsTXFlorida: #496 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 2,853 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#152 · 1 in 629
  2. Alabama#197 · 1 in 928
  3. New Mexico#286 · 1 in 1,041
  4. Tennessee#319 · 1 in 1,580
  5. Colorado#331 · 1 in 1,461

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#152181 in 629
Alabama#197211 in 928
New Mexico#28681 in 1,041
Tennessee#319191 in 1,580
Colorado#331171 in 1,461
Oklahoma#336111 in 1,510
Maryland#344141 in 1,697
Kentucky#353101 in 1,928
Michigan#359241 in 2,032
Ohio#377271 in 2,156
Arizona#397181 in 1,803
Georgia#403241 in 2,017
South Carolina#41381 in 2,063
Missouri#416121 in 2,326
Indiana#423141 in 2,306
Arkansas#42561 in 1,971
Iowa#43561 in 2,250
North Carolina#443181 in 2,413
Nevada#47551 in 2,040
Utah#49371 in 2,514
Florida#496271 in 2,853
Texas#505551 in 2,835
Wisconsin#51881 in 3,108
California#549681 in 3,275
Massachusetts#55981 in 3,835
Louisiana#56771 in 2,931
Virginia#586101 in 3,566
Washington#61981 in 3,552
New York#652241 in 4,037
Illinois#677161 in 4,292
New Jersey#69991 in 4,579
Pennsylvania#760101 in 5,526
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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 2002

girls
#488
572 births · 1 in 3,141 girls

Top girls' names in 2002

  1. #1Emily24,470
  2. #2Madison21,774
  3. #3Hannah18,828
  4. #4Emma16,558
  5. #5Alexis15,636
  6. #6Ashley15,344
  7. #7Abigail15,303
  8. #8Sarah14,779
  9. #9Samantha14,671
  10. #10Olivia14,631
  11. #488Destinee572
More about 2002

girls

1,796,882 girls got a published name in 2002; 1 in 3,141 of them was named Destinee, which outranked 97.3% of the 18,086 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Destinee
  1. #484Anya578
  2. #484Tamia578
  3. #487Araceli573
  4. #488Destinee572
  5. #488Carley572
  6. #490Mikaela571
  7. #491Kasey566
  8. #492Alanna565

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

Biggest movers since 2001
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,168Cadence#2,126 → #958
  2. ↑ 949Lisbeth#1,573 → #624
  3. ↑ 710Ashanti#825 → #115
  4. ↑ 464Elle#1,076 → #612
  5. ↑ 412Nyla#865 → #453
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,141Citlalli#609 → #1,750
  2. ↓ 748Nallely#772 → #1,520
  3. ↓ 617Dafne#967 → #1,584
  4. ↓ 582Beyonce#700 → #1,282
  5. ↓ 540Mikaila#928 → #1,468

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

See the top 100 for 2002 →