Girls' name · since 1987
Destina
163 babies named Destina in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,893 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 163
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
Destina is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 163 have been recorded since 1987.
Social Security Administration records show Destina recorded 163 times among girls since 1987, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2016.
- #21,893 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 163 born since 1987
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Destina ranks #21,893 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 163 born since 1987, peaking in the 2000s.
- #21,893 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 163
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
Destina's 163 recorded births place it above 69.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Destina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Destina splits its recorded history at 2000: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1989 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2005 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Destina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2016
- Peak year (2005)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Destina by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (83 births, 51% of the file).
2000s was Destina's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Destina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
58 births
- 2000s
2000s
83 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 83 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Destina's decade-level peak was the 2000s (83 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Destina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~29 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, 1987–2016 (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 Destina 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.