Destiny — #482 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Destiny

The Social Security Administration has registered 151,282 babies named Destiny between 1956 and 2024, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Destiny currently holds the #482 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 9,850 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Destiny performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 69,813 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Destiny shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 20,784 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Destiny in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Destiny 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 151,282 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.