How Many People Are Named Destiny?
people named Destiny are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,274 people in the US has this name
Based on 152,289 babies named Destiny in Social Security records from 1956 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
9,875 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means simply "destiny, fate" from the English word, ultimately from Latin destinare "to determine", a derivative of stare "to stand". It has been used as a given name in the English-speaking world only since the last half of the 20th century.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Destiny in English. Counting Destiny and these spellings together, about 166,852 people alive in the US have the name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Destiny (99.7%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Destiny alive today is about 23 years old, and 83% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 28 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Destiny first appears in the records in 1956 and was given most often in 2000, to 9,875 babies. In 2025, 458 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1956 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Destiny never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #22, in 2001, and it was in the top 100 for 18 years, 1994 to 2011. In 2025 it ranked #635.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #635 |
| Best rank | #22 (2001) |
| Years in the top 100 | 18 (1994 to 2011) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #32 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Destiny alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Destiny were born in California than in any other state: about 20,584 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Destiny was given 2.1 times as often in Mississippi, 2 times in New Mexico and 1.7 times in Louisiana.
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