Destry — boys' name

What the Data Says About Destry

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,501 babies named Destry between 1955 and 2023, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Destry currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 149 babies received it in a single year. Destry is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 145 additional births since 1964.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Destry performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 338 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Destry shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 48 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Destry in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Destry 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 1,501 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.