Girls' name · since 1988
Destaney
Destaney has 317 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1998 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,452 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 317
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Destaney is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 317 have been recorded since 1988.
Destaney has 317 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2012.
- #15,452 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 317 born since 1988
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Destaney ranks #15,452 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 317 born since 1988, peaking in the 1990s.
- #15,452 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 317
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Destaney's 317 recorded births place it above 78.62% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Destaney's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Destaney splits its recorded history at 2000: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1991 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1998 peak of 25 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Destaney popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2012
- Peak year (1998)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Destaney by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (165 births, 52% of the file).
1990s was Destaney's strongest decade.
165 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Destaney births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
- 1990s
1990s
165 births
- 2000s
2000s
123 births
- 2010s 12
2010s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 165 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Destaney's decade-level peak was the 1990s (165 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Destaney: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~24 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1988–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Destaney draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.