How rare is the name Destini?

5,993 people in the United States have the first name Destini, about 1 in 50,397. It ranks #3,464 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

DESTINI

#3,464

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,993
About
1 in 50,397
This common or more
82.4%
Who bears it

Of the 5,993 people named Destini, 50.6% reported their origin as Black, 29.5% as White and 11.8% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Destini peaked in 1999, when 469 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19702025
Peak year
1999
Births that year
469
In 2025*
21 ▼96%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 7,857 babies have been given the name since 1970. 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.

Destini by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,334. The largest share of babies named Destini, 60.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#8,057105
1980s#3,235542
1990s#1,3342,929
2000s#1,5103,057
2010s#3,5341,007
2020s#6,997217
Generation X 1965–802%
Millennials 1981–9627.7%
Generation Z 1997–1260.7%
2013 and later9.6%

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 Destini is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Destini has been most common in Georgia (3×), Louisiana (2.6×), and Florida (2.5×), and least common in New Jersey (0.32×).

5,943 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.

Exactly as common as Destini

1 other first name also has 5,993 people.

#3,464 Luigi · 5,993

Either side of Destini

#3,462 Anneliese · 5,997#3,462 Vivien · 5,997#3,464 Luigi · 5,993#3,466 Barney · 5,991

Spelled almost the same

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

#472 Destiny · 119,198#2,138 Destinee · 12,483#3,554 Destiney · 5,805#3,807 Destin · 5,191#6,404 Destany · 2,511#7,162 Destinie · 2,151#10,276 Desteny · 1,306#10,695 Destine · 1,231

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