Destiny

Where Destiny comes from

From the noun destiny since the 1970s.
— Wiktionary's entry for Destiny
  • English
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1956
    First appearance
    #5,952 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2001
    Peak, #22
    9,752 babies named Destiny — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2002
    Destiny Udogie born
    Italian association football player
  4. 2002
    Destiny Chukunyere born
    Maltese singer
  5. 2009
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #56.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from English.
Namesakes
  • Destiny Chukunyere · Maltese singer, born 2002
  • Destiny Udogie · Italian association football player, born 2002
  • Destiny Watford · American environmentalist, born 1995
  • Destiny Wagner · Belizean author, TV host, influencer, and model, born 1996
  • Destiny Deacon · Australian photographer, 1957–2024

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.