How rare is the name Destiny?

119,198 people in the United States have the first name Destiny, about 1 in 2,534. It ranks #472 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DESTINY

#472

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
119,198
About
1 in 2,534
This common or more
57.4%
Who bears it

Of the 119,198 people named Destiny, 35.1% reported their origin as White, 29.3% as Black and 27.5% 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.

Destiny peaked in 2000, when 9,875 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19562025
Peak year
2000
Births that year
9,875
In 2025*
458 ▼95%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 152,289 babies have been given the name since 1956. 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.

Destiny by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #94. The largest share of babies named Destiny, 68.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1950s#11,50216
1960s#5,430137
1970s#1,4741,622
1980s#6806,615
1990s#15448,406
2000s#9469,993
2010s#34921,189
2020s#8834,311
Baby boom 1946–640%
Generation X 1965–801.4%
Millennials 1981–9620%
Generation Z 1997–1268.2%
2013 and later10.3%

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 Destiny is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Destiny has been most common in Nevada (2.3×), New Mexico (1.9×), and Florida (1.7×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.41×).

150,283 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 Destiny

#470 Faith · 119,725#471 Xavier · 119,289#473 Nora · 119,144#474 Brent · 119,140

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,138 Destinee · 12,483#3,464 Destini · 5,993#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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