How rare is the name Destin?

5,191 people in the United States have the first name Destin, about 1 in 58,184. It ranks #3,807 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DESTIN

#3,807

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,191
About
1 in 58,184
This common or more
83.1%
Who bears it

Of the 5,191 people named Destin, 45% reported their origin as White, 34% as Black and 8.6% as Hispanic or Latino. 86.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Destin peaked in 2001, when 266 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19682025
Peak year
2001
Births that year
266
In 2025*
112 ▼58%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 6,876 babies have been given the name since 1968. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Destin by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,915. The largest share of babies named Destin, 49%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#14,41311
1970s#6,198159
1980s#3,248540
1990s#1,9151,674
2000s#1,9782,121
2010s#2,5141,637
2020s#3,103734
Generation X 1965–802.9%
Millennials 1981–9622.1%
Generation Z 1997–1249%
2013 and later26%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Destin is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Destin has been most common in Louisiana (4.9×), Georgia (4.1×), and Florida (3.6×), and least common in Indiana (0.33×).

3,905 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Destin

#3,805 Rosana · 5,200#3,806 Jaya · 5,196#3,808 Emile · 5,190#3,808 Yuriy · 5,190

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Destin, most common first.

#472 Destiny · 119,198#3,464 Destini · 5,993#10,695 Destine · 1,231#21,445 Destyn · 473#24,891 Deston · 384#36,405 Destina · 218

Also a last name

As a last name, Destin ranks #19,876 of 156,621, with 1,355 people. See Destin as a last name

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