Destiny
#270 most common girls' name of all time · #501 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1956–2025
Rank among girls
#270
Rank overall
#501 of 105,966
First appeared
1956
Years on the list
68 of 146
All-time
152,289
Since 2016
9,607
Peak year
2000 #24
Best rank
#22 2001
Girls
Boys
peak 9,875/yr
Destiny first appears in 1956. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 458 | — | 458 | #635 |
| 2024 | 643 | — | 643 | #481 |
| 2023 | 708 | 6 | 714 | #439 |
| 2022 | 798 | — | 798 | #391 |
| 2021 | 801 | — | 801 | #393 |
| 2020 | 891 | 6 | 897 | #347 |
| 2019 | 1,052 | 13 | 1,065 | #309 |
| 2018 | 1,206 | 9 | 1,215 | #275 |
| 2017 | 1,389 | 10 | 1,399 | #226 |
| 2016 | 1,603 | 14 | 1,617 | #203 |
| 2015 | 1,733 | — | 1,733 | #186 |
| 2014 | 2,077 | 7 | 2,084 | #156 |
| 2013 | 2,314 | — | 2,314 | #138 |
| 2012 | 2,720 | 12 | 2,732 | #113 |
| 2011 | 3,273 | 10 | 3,283 | #90 |
| 2010 | 3,737 | 10 | 3,747 | #71 |
| 2009 | 4,617 | 8 | 4,625 | #56 |
| 2008 | 5,320 | 13 | 5,333 | #47 |
| 2007 | 5,742 | 12 | 5,754 | #41 |
| 2006 | 6,313 | 14 | 6,327 | #36 |
| 2005 | 6,894 | 16 | 6,910 | #32 |
| 2004 | 6,546 | 31 | 6,577 | #38 |
| 2003 | 6,977 | 17 | 6,994 | #37 |
| 2002 | 7,804 | 19 | 7,823 | #34 |
| 2001 | 9,752 | 23 | 9,775 | #22 |
| 2000 | 9,850 | 25 | 9,875 | #24 |
| 1999 | 9,172 | 21 | 9,193 | #28 |
| 1998 | 8,155 | 24 | 8,179 | #34 |
| 1997 | 6,727 | 25 | 6,752 | #42 |
| 1996 | 5,856 | 14 | 5,870 | #56 |
| 1995 | 5,380 | 15 | 5,395 | #66 |
| 1994 | 4,089 | 15 | 4,104 | #86 |
| 1993 | 2,942 | 18 | 2,960 | #111 |
| 1992 | 2,610 | 16 | 2,626 | #130 |
| 1991 | 1,899 | 13 | 1,912 | #156 |
| 1990 | 1,408 | 7 | 1,415 | #202 |
| 1989 | 1,153 | 11 | 1,164 | #238 |
| 1988 | 944 | 16 | 960 | #268 |
| 1987 | 811 | 10 | 821 | #299 |
| 1986 | 606 | — | 606 | #382 |
| 1985 | 572 | 5 | 577 | #393 |
| 1984 | 564 | 5 | 569 | #390 |
| 1983 | 516 | 7 | 523 | #421 |
| 1982 | 469 | 8 | 477 | #455 |
| 1981 | 467 | 5 | 472 | #458 |
| 1980 | 440 | 6 | 446 | #479 |
| 1979 | 384 | 5 | 389 | #515 |
| 1978 | 324 | — | 324 | #548 |
| 1977 | 211 | — | 211 | #734 |
| 1976 | 185 | — | 185 | #776 |
| 1975 | 161 | 5 | 166 | #837 |
| 1974 | 117 | — | 117 | #1,032 |
| 1973 | 86 | — | 86 | #1,227 |
| 1972 | 58 | — | 58 | #1,589 |
| 1971 | 49 | — | 49 | #1,821 |
| 1970 | 37 | — | 37 | #2,196 |
| 1969 | 24 | — | 24 | #2,757 |
| 1968 | 26 | — | 26 | #2,474 |
| 1967 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,815 |
| 1966 | 20 | — | 20 | #2,829 |
| 1965 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,704 |
| 1964 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,852 |
| 1963 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,232 |
| 1962 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,226 |
| 1960 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,744 |
| 1959 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,127 |
| 1957 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,834 |
| 1956 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,770 |