Destynie — girls' name
297 babies named Destynie in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
297 girls have been named Destynie since 1990, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2016.
- 297
- total births
- 1990–2016
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 48%
- born in that decade
48% of everyone ever named Destynie was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Destynie in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Destynie
The Social Security Administration has registered 297 babies named Destynie between 1990 and 2016, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Destynie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Destynie performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 143 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Destynie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Destynie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Destynie 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 297 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.
Destynie at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Destynie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1990
- Peak year (1998)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
297 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 25 births in a single year.
Destynie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 143 births that decade — 48% of Destynie's all-time total
Destynie decade highlights
- Peak decade 143 births
- Runner-up 113 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Destynie's strongest decade
143 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Destynie by state
Where Destynie concentrates geographically — total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 2.0% |
6 of 297 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1990–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.