Destanee — girls' name
835 babies named Destanee in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Destanee was born in this single decade.
62 babies were named Destanee in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Destanee
The Social Security Administration has registered 835 babies named Destanee between 1988 and 2018, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Destanee currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 62 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Destanee performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 376 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Destanee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 52 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Destanee in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Destanee 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 835 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.
Destanee at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Destanee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1988
- Peak year (2000)
- 62
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
835 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 62 births in a single year.
Destanee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 376 births that decade — 45% of Destanee's all-time total
Destanee decade highlights
- Peak decade 376 births
- Runner-up 358 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Destanee's strongest decade
376 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Destanee by state
Where Destanee concentrates geographically — total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 52 | 6.2% |
| #2 | California | | 41 | 4.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 20 | 2.4% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 10 | 1.2% |
52 of 835 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 6.2% of nationwide
- California 4.9% of nationwide
- Florida 2.4% of nationwide
- Ohio 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 6.2% 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, 1988–2018 (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.