Girls' name · since 1973
Destinie
2,844 babies named Destinie in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,723 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 2,844
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
2,844 girls have been named Destinie since 1973, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Destinie has 2,844 recorded births among girls since 1973, 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 1973 to 2024.
- #3,723 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 2,844 born since 1973
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Destinie ranks #3,723 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 2,844 born since 1973, peaking in the 1990s.
- #3,723 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 2,844
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Destinie's 2,844 recorded births place it above 94.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
25 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Destinie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Destinie's full recorded timeline at 1999, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1973, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1998 peak of 189 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Destinie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2024
- Peak year (1998)
- 189
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Destinie by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (1,252 births, 44% of the file).
1990s was Destinie's strongest decade.
1,252 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Destinie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 56
1970s
56 births
- 1980s 277
1980s
277 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,252 births
- 2000s
2000s
996 births
- 2010s 231
2010s
231 births
- 2020s 32
2020s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 1,252 births (44% of all-time use).
How Destinie 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 Destinie's total volume
Destinie by state
Where Destinie concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 317 | 11.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 309 | 10.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 112 | 3.9% |
| #4 | New York | | 86 | 3.0% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 76 | 2.7% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 64 | 2.3% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 63 | 2.2% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 40 | 1.4% |
317 of 2,844 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 25 reporting states.
Destinie appears in 25 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Destinie's data
- Destinie's decade-level peak was the 1990s (1,252 total births); usage has since declined to 32 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Destinies (317 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
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Destinie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1973–2024 (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 Destinie 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.