Baby name

Destiny

Girl

Origin of the name

Destiny comes from the English word destiny.

Short-lived name

The high point came in 2000, with 9,850 births and the No. 24 spot that year. Since then, the name has fallen 93%, to about 682 births a year. In 2025, it ranked No. 635. 46% of all babies named Destiny since 1880 were born in the 2000s.

151,763births since 1880

2000sgeneration

No. 24rank at its peak, in 2000

Where babies named Destiny are born

2000

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The darker the blue, the more common Destiny is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Destiny is most common in New Mexico (1.9 times), Mississippi (1.8) and South Carolina (1.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Destini 7,857
Destiney 7,690
Destany 3,412
Desteny 1,603
Destine 1,222

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