Destiny Girl
How popular is Destiny?
#635 girl name in 2025
458 baby girls were named Destiny in the US in 2025, making it the 635th most popular girl name.
Destiny popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #635 for girls (▼ 154 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 458 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-74% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #186 in 2015, #347 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2000 (9,850 girls) |
| Highest rank | #22 in 2001 |
| First recorded | 1956 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 1% boys, 99% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Destiny counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Destiny family of names ranked #534 for girls in 2025 (#400 the year before), with 545 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Destiny is most popular
Babies named Destiny per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Nevada: 0.9 per 1,000 (44 girls)
- District of Columbia: 0.9 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Mississippi: 0.9 per 1,000 (41 girls)
- New Mexico: 0.9 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- California: 0.7 per 1,000 (563 girls)
Destiny by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 16 | #5,565 |
| 1960s | 137 | #2,431 |
| 1970s | 1,612 | #514 |
| 1980s | 6,542 | #238 |
| 1990s | 48,238 | #28 |
| 2000s | 69,815 | #22 |
| 2010s | 21,104 | #71 |
| 2020s | 4,299 | #347 |
Girl names about as popular as Destiny
Questions
- Is Destiny a boy or girl name?
- Destiny is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Destiny were girls.
- How popular is the name Destiny?
- 458 baby girls were named Destiny in the US in 2025, making it the 635th most popular girl name.
- When was Destiny most popular?
- Destiny peaked in 2000, when 9,850 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #22 in 2001.
- How many people are named Destiny?
- 152,289 babies have been named Destiny in the US since 1880. We estimate about 150,463 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 24.
- Where is Destiny most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Destiny was most common in Nevada, at 0.9 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.