Girls' name · since 1988
Destenie
207 babies named Destenie in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,469 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 207
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Destenie is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 207 have been recorded since 1988.
Destenie has 207 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 2011.
- #19,469 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 207 born since 1988
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Destenie ranks #19,469 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 207 born since 1988, peaking in the 1990s.
- #19,469 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 207
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Destenie's 207 recorded births place it above 73.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Destenie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Destenie's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2004, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1997 peak of 23, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Destenie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2011
- Peak year (1997)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Destenie by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (105 births, 51% of the file).
1990s was Destenie's strongest decade.
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Destenie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
105 births
- 2000s
2000s
82 births
- 2010s 14
2010s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 105 births (51% of all-time use).
Destenie by state
Where Destenie concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 21 | 10.1% |
21 of 207 births nationwide.
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What to do with Destenie's data
- Destenie's decade-level peak was the 1990s (105 total births); usage has since declined to 14 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Destenies (21 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Destenie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~23 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, 1988–2011 (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 Destenie 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.