Girls' name · since 1983
Desteny
1,603 babies named Desteny in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,459 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,643 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,603
- born since 1983
- 2000s
- peak decade
1,603 babies have been named Desteny since 1983, making it today's #13643 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Desteny has been recorded 1,603 times among girls since 1983, currently ranked #13643 nationally and more common than 21% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2025.
- #5,459 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,643 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,603 born since 1983
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Desteny ranks #5,459 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,643 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,603 born since 1983, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,459 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,643 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,603
- born since 1983
- 2000s
- peak decade
Desteny's 1,603 recorded births place it above 92.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Desteny compares
1,603 Top 25% higher than 75% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Desteny's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Desteny | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,603 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 110 | 21 | 19,840 |
Desteny's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Desteny's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1987, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 110, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Desteny popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 110
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Desteny by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (874 births, 55% of the file).
2000s was Desteny's strongest decade.
874 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Desteny births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 41
1980s
41 births
- 1990s
1990s
398 births
- 2000s
2000s
874 births
- 2010s 260
2010s
260 births
- 2020s 30
2020s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 874 births (55% of all-time use).
How Desteny compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Desteny's total volume
Desteny by state
Where Desteny concentrates geographically, total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 544 | 33.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 161 | 10.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 82 | 5.1% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 24 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 13 | 0.8% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.3% |
544 of 1,603 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Desteny's data
- Desteny's decade-level peak was the 2000s (874 total births); usage has since declined to 30 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Destenys (544 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 Desteny: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~42 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, 1983–2025 (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 Desteny 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.