Destan — boys' name
127 babies named Destan in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
127 boys have been named Destan since 1999, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2025.
- 127
- total births
- 1999–2025
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 79%
- born in that decade
79% of everyone ever named Destan was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Destan in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Destan
The Social Security Administration has registered 127 babies named Destan between 1999 and 2025, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Destan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Destan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 100 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Destan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Destan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Destan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 127 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Destan at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Destan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–1999
- Peak year (2011)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
127 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 22 births in a single year.
Destan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 100 births that decade — 79% of Destan's all-time total
Destan decade highlights
- Peak decade 100 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Destan's strongest decade
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 79% of all-time use.
Destan by state
Where Destan concentrates geographically — total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.9% |
5 of 127 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1999–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.