Girls' name · since 1973
Destinee
16,800 babies named Destinee in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,187 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,042 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 16,800
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Destinee is the #3042 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 16,800 recorded since 1973.
Social Security Administration records show Destinee recorded 16,800 times among girls since 1973, holding rank #3042 nationally today, ahead of 82% of girls, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2025.
- #1,187 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,042 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 16,800 born since 1973
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Destinee ranks #1,187 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,042 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 16,800 born since 1973, peaking in the 1990s.
- #1,187 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,042 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 16,800
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Destinee's 16,800 recorded births place it above 98.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
43 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Destinee compares
16,800 Top 7% higher than 93% 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
Destinee's all-time total is 45x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Destinee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 16,800 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,002 | 21 | 19,840 |
Destinee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Destinee splits its recorded history at 2000: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1999 peak of 1,002 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Destinee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 1,002
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Destinee by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (6,882 births, 41% of the file).
1990s was Destinee's strongest decade.
6,882 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Destinee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 83
1970s
83 births
- 1980s 804
1980s
804 births
- 1990s
1990s
6,882 births
- 2000s
2000s
6,099 births
- 2010s 2,443
2010s
2,443 births
- 2020s 489
2020s
489 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 6,882 births (41% of all-time use).
How Destinee 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 Destinee's total volume
Destinee by state
Where Destinee concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,993 | 11.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,711 | 10.2% |
| #3 | Florida | | 925 | 5.5% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 761 | 4.5% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 626 | 3.7% |
| #6 | New York | | 621 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 608 | 3.6% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 586 | 3.5% |
1,993 of 16,800 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 43 reporting states.
Destinee appears in 43 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Destinee's data
- Destinee's decade-level peak was the 1990s (6,882 total births); usage has since declined to 489 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Destinees (1,993 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Destinee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1973–2025 (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 Destinee 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.