Destenie — girls' name

What the Data Says About Destenie

The Social Security Administration has registered 207 babies named Destenie between 1988 and 2011, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Destenie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Destenie performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 105 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Destenie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Destenie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Destenie 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 207 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.