Destry
- Last seen for girls in 2014 at #16,513
- Last seen for boys in 2023 at #5,075
- Given to boys 91.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1964 · 149 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,502since 1955
Destry over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #5,075 | 19 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,300 | 9 | |
| 2021 | — | #7,089 | 11 | |
| 2020 | — | #8,067 | 9 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,889 | 8 | |
| 2018 | — | #9,670 | 7 | |
| 2017 | — | #7,095 | 11 | |
| 2016 | — | #7,605 | 10 | |
| 2015 | — | #6,676 | 12 | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #5,733 | 15 |
| 2013 | — | #5,923 | 14 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,256 | 17 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,994 | 25 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,251 | 17 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,582 | 21 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,249 | 17 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,210 | 17 | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #5,525 | 15 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #5,278 | 15 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #6,138 | 12 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #6,258 | 11 |
| 2002 | — | #6,522 | 10 | |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | #3,321 | 26 |
| 2000 | — | #3,922 | 20 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,865 | 29 | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #3,296 | 23 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | #2,823 | 27 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | #2,911 | 25 |
| 1995 | — | #3,303 | 20 | |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | #2,444 | 31 |
| 1993 | — | #2,257 | 34 | |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #2,174 | 35 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #2,143 | 34 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #2,865 | 22 |
| 1989 | — | #2,106 | 33 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,146 | 29 | |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #2,057 | 29 |
| 1986 | — | #2,360 | 23 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,401 | 13 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,613 | 18 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #2,272 | 22 |
| 1982 | — | #2,059 | 26 | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #3,221 | 13 |
| 1980 | — | #2,162 | 24 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,104 | 24 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,870 | 27 | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #2,008 | 24 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #2,113 | 22 |
| 1975 | — | #2,065 | 22 | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #1,832 | 25 |
| 1973 | — | #1,548 | 31 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #1,473 | 33 |
| 1971 | — | #1,378 | 38 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,523 | 31 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,463 | 30 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,366 | 32 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,287 | 34 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,131 | 43 | |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | #1,043 | 50 |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #637 | 149 |
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| 1958 | — | #3,944 | 5 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,552 | 6 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,628 | 10 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,964 | 8 | |
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First appearance
1955
The first year at least five boys were named Destry! It came in at #2,964, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1958–1963, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Destry is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Destry in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Destry
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest drop: 406 spots in 1965
Rise & fade · boys
9 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1955
- Peaked 1964 at #637 (149 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1964
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,374
- Highest: 1 in 13,374 boys born in 1964 were named Destry (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 90,030 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 22.5% of all boys named Destry (338) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 29 | #2,628 (1956) | #3,272 |
| 1960s | 338 | #637 (1964) | #1,155 |
| 1970s | 277 | #1,378 (1971) | #1,791 |
| 1980s | 230 | #2,057 (1987) | #2,440 |
| 1990s | 280 | #2,143 (1991) | #2,708 |
| 2000s | 164 | #3,321 (2001) | #5,201 |
| 2010s | 136 | #3,994 (2011) | #6,609 |
| 2020s | 48 | #5,075 (2023) | #7,133 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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