Destany — girls' name
3,411 babies named Destany in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
43% of everyone ever named Destany was born in this single decade.
227 babies were named Destany in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Destany
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,411 babies named Destany between 1979 and 2023, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Destany currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 227 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Destany performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,476 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Destany shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 326 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Destany in 32 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Destany 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 3,411 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.
Destany at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Destany popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1979
- Peak year (1999)
- 227
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
3,411 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 227 births in a single year.
Destany by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 1,476 births that decade — 43% of Destany's all-time total
Destany decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,476 births
- Runner-up 1,469 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Destany's strongest decade
1,476 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Destany by state
Where Destany concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 326 | 9.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 323 | 9.5% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 150 | 4.4% |
| #4 | Florida | | 127 | 3.7% |
| #5 | Tennessee | | 89 | 2.6% |
| #6 | Kentucky | | 82 | 2.4% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 75 | 2.2% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 71 | 2.1% |
326 of 3,411 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 32 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.6% of nationwide
- Texas 9.5% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.4% of nationwide
- Florida 3.7% of nationwide
- Tennessee 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 32 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Destany appears in 32 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1979–2023 (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.