Destin — #1691 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Destin

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,013 babies named Destin between 1968 and 2024, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Destin currently holds the #1691 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 241 babies received it in a single year. Destin is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 745 additional births since 1976.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Destin performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,912 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Destin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 474 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Destin in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Destin 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 6,013 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.