Destiny
#635 for girls in 2025, 458 births · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2001 · 9,752 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 18 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 151,763since 1956
Destiny over time
Rank among girls' names. 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 | #635 | 458 | — | |
| 2024 | #481 | 643 | — | |
| 2023 | #438 | 708 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #391 | 798 | — | |
| 2021 | #392 | 801 | — | |
| 2020 | #347 | 891 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #309 | 1,052 | #6,406 | 13 |
| 2018 | #275 | 1,206 | #8,154 | 9 |
| 2017 | #226 | 1,389 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | #203 | 1,603 | #6,053 | 14 |
| 2015 | #186 | 1,733 | — | |
| 2014 | #156 | 2,077 | #9,642 | 7 |
| 2013 | #138 | 2,314 | — | |
| 2012 | #113 | 2,720 | #6,626 | 12 |
| 2011 | #90 | 3,273 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2010 | #71 | 3,737 | #7,591 | 10 |
| 2009 | #56 | 4,617 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #47 | 5,320 | #6,393 | 13 |
| 2007 | #41 | 5,742 | #6,622 | 12 |
| 2006 | #36 | 6,313 | #5,781 | 14 |
| 2005 | #32 | 6,894 | #5,034 | 16 |
| 2004 | #38 | 6,546 | #3,158 | 31 |
| 2003 | #37 | 6,977 | #4,616 | 17 |
| 2002 | #34 | 7,804 | #4,188 | 19 |
| 2001 | #22 | 9,752 | #3,617 | 23 |
| 2000 | #24 | 9,850 | #3,299 | 25 |
| 1999 | #28 | 9,172 | #3,591 | 21 |
| 1998 | #34 | 8,155 | #3,191 | 24 |
| 1997 | #42 | 6,727 | #2,981 | 25 |
| 1996 | #56 | 5,856 | #4,396 | 14 |
| 1995 | #66 | 5,380 | #4,052 | 15 |
| 1994 | #86 | 4,089 | #4,094 | 15 |
| 1993 | #111 | 2,942 | #3,501 | 18 |
| 1992 | #130 | 2,610 | #3,748 | 16 |
| 1991 | #156 | 1,899 | #4,231 | 13 |
| 1990 | #202 | 1,408 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #238 | 1,153 | #4,527 | 11 |
| 1988 | #268 | 944 | #3,203 | 16 |
| 1987 | #299 | 811 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #382 | 606 | — | |
| 1985 | #391 | 572 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #389 | 564 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #421 | 516 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #454 | 469 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #458 | 467 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #478 | 440 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #514 | 384 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #547 | 324 | — | |
| 1977 | #727 | 211 | — | |
| 1976 | #774 | 185 | — | |
| 1975 | #833 | 161 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #1,023 | 117 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,226 | 86 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,578 | 58 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,805 | 49 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,160 | 37 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,704 | 24 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,431 | 26 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,752 | 20 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,549 | 13 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | — | |
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| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 | — | |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | — | |
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| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Destiny! It came in at #5,952, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1956–1958, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Destiny is popular in 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Arkansas#190 · 1 in 1,058
- Kentucky#228 · 1 in 1,417
- Texas#240 · 1 in 1,404
- Oklahoma#246 · 1 in 1,437
- Utah#256 · 1 in 1,304
Best ever in a state: #3 in New Mexico, 2000.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #190 | 12 | 1 in 1,058 |
| Kentucky | #228 | 15 | 1 in 1,417 |
| Texas | #240 | 95 | 1 in 1,404 |
| Oklahoma | #246 | 14 | 1 in 1,437 |
| Utah | #256 | 11 | 1 in 1,304 |
| Kansas | #264 | 9 | 1 in 1,628 |
| Colorado | #273 | 14 | 1 in 1,569 |
| Arizona | #287 | 15 | 1 in 1,533 |
| Missouri | #321 | 14 | 1 in 2,299 |
| Indiana | #331 | 14 | 1 in 2,432 |
| Louisiana | #332 | 15 | 1 in 2,005 |
| Oregon | #356 | 7 | 1 in 2,234 |
| Ohio | #372 | 23 | 1 in 3,004 |
| New Mexico | #378 | 5 | 1 in 1,921 |
| California | #399 | 82 | 1 in 2,467 |
| Georgia | #399 | 13 | 1 in 2,853 |
| Washington | #404 | 10 | 1 in 2,764 |
| Iowa | #413 | 5 | 1 in 3,450 |
| Virginia | #420 | 10 | 1 in 3,295 |
| South Carolina | #437 | 6 | 1 in 2,972 |
| New York | #440 | 35 | 1 in 3,054 |
| Wisconsin | #451 | 7 | 1 in 4,378 |
| Mississippi | #461 | 5 | 1 in 2,947 |
| North Carolina | #463 | 10 | 1 in 3,555 |
| Pennsylvania | #463 | 17 | 1 in 4,067 |
| Illinois | #465 | 21 | 1 in 3,476 |
| Alabama | #478 | 6 | 1 in 3,631 |
| Michigan | #504 | 13 | 1 in 4,405 |
| Florida | #507 | 17 | 1 in 3,839 |
| Tennessee | #538 | 6 | 1 in 4,629 |
| New Jersey | #653 | 7 | 1 in 5,774 |
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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 Destiny
- 154 spots since 2024 (#481 → #635)
- 288 spots since 2020 (#347 → #635)
- 449 spots since 2015 (#186 → #635)
- Biggest jump: 190 spots in 1975 (#1,023 → #833)
- Biggest drop: 154 spots in 2025 (#481 → #635)
- Debuted 1956
- Peaked 2001 at #22 (9,752 births)
- Births halved by 2009, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 18 yrs · run 1994–2011
- Top 1,000: 51 yrs · run 1975–2025
- Highest: 1 in 184 girls born in 2000 were named Destiny (0.54%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,509 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
- Its best rank, #22 in 2001, was only 1 in 185 (0.54%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 46.0% of all girls named Destiny (69,815) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 16 | #5,566 (1959) | #5,868 |
| 1960s | 137 | #2,431 (1968) | #3,567 |
| 1970s | 1,612 | #514 (1979) | #1,119 |
| 1980s | 6,542 | #238 (1989) | #378 |
| 1990s | 48,238 | #28 (1999) | #91 |
| 2000s | 69,815 | #22 (2001) | #37 |
| 2010s | 21,104 | #71 (2010) | #177 |
| 2020s | 4,299 | #347 (2020) | #447 |
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.
Destiny in 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 3,008 of them was named Destiny, which outranked 96.9% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 369,642 of them was named Destiny, which outranked 14.0% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,063 names at #6,523; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.