Destiney

#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births

Peak · girls
1999 · 455 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,690
since 1974

Destiney over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Destiney has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202002peak #553, 1999girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#8,36212
2024#7,96713
2023#6,92216
2022#9,05611
2021#8,02413
2020#6,08319
2019#5,61222
2018#4,35732
2017#3,91938
2016#4,42332
2015#2,68566
2014#2,84360
2013#1,99098
2012#1,744118
2011#1,469152
2010#1,317178
2009#900303
2008#717415
2007#1,019259
2006#967271
2005#917271
2004#835295
2003#882274
2002#718344
2001#582439
2000#562463
1999#553455
1998#558439
1997#597378
1996#616370
1995#603372
1994#719288
1993#832237
1992#1,030181
1991#1,383116
1990#1,385114
1989#1,73378
1988#1,49191
1987#2,27647
1986#2,11650
1985#2,86032
1984#2,78132
1983#2,59534
1982#2,90131
1981#3,14727
1980#3,50623
1979#3,66821
1978#3,92418
1977#3,91118
1976#5,60110
1975#9,0675
1974#5,7769
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First appearance
1974

The first year at least five girls were named Destiney! It came in at #5,776, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1975, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Destiney is popular in 2002

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Destiney, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Destiney, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Destiney, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Destiney, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Destiney, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Destiney, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Destiney, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Destiney, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Destiney, so not publishedMNIllinois: #782 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,283 girlsILWisconsin: #614 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,144 girlsWIMichigan: #535 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,252 girlsMINew York: #975 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 6,920 girlsNYMassachusetts: #784 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,135 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Destiney, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Destiney, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Destiney, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Destiney, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Destiney, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Destiney, so not publishedIAIndiana: #502 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,935 girlsINOhio: #490 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 3,233 girlsOHPennsylvania: #527 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 3,454 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Destiney, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Destiney, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #888 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 6,187 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Destiney, so not publishedUTColorado: #435 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,070 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Destiney, so not publishedNEMissouri: #549 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,489 girlsMOKentucky: #330 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,753 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Destiney, so not publishedWVVirginia: #705 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,458 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Destiney, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Destiney, so not publishedDEArizona: #588 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,951 girlsAZNew Mexico: #313 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,190 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Destiney, so not publishedKSArkansas: #499 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,365 girlsARTennessee: #673 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,289 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Destiney, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Destiney, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Destiney, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #409 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,846 girlsOKLouisiana: #398 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,865 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Destiney, so not publishedMSAlabama: #352 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,773 girlsALGeorgia: #434 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 2,200 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Destiney, so not publishedHITexas: #848 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 5,569 girlsTXFlorida: #651 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 4,054 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Mexico#313 · 1 in 1,190
  2. Kentucky#330 · 1 in 1,753
  3. Alabama#352 · 1 in 1,773
  4. Louisiana#398 · 1 in 1,865
  5. Oklahoma#409 · 1 in 1,846

Best ever in a state: #159 in Mississippi, 1998.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#31371 in 1,190
Kentucky#330111 in 1,753
Alabama#352111 in 1,773
Louisiana#398111 in 1,865
Oklahoma#40991 in 1,846
Georgia#434221 in 2,200
Colorado#435121 in 2,070
Ohio#490181 in 3,233
Arkansas#49951 in 2,365
Indiana#502111 in 2,935
Pennsylvania#527161 in 3,454
Michigan#535151 in 3,252
Missouri#54981 in 3,489
Arizona#588111 in 2,951
Wisconsin#61461 in 4,144
Florida#651191 in 4,054
Tennessee#67371 in 4,289
Virginia#70581 in 4,458
Illinois#782131 in 5,283
Massachusetts#78451 in 6,135
Texas#848281 in 5,569
California#888361 in 6,187
New York#975141 in 6,920
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Destiney
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 395 spots since 2024 (#7,967 → #8,362)
  • 2,279 spots since 2020 (#6,083 → #8,362)
  • 5,677 spots since 2015 (#2,685 → #8,362)
  • Biggest jump: 302 spots in 2008 (#1,019 → #717)
  • Biggest drop: 417 spots in 2010 (#900 → #1,317)
Rise & fade · girls
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1974
  • Peaked 1999 at #553 (455 births)
  • Births halved by 2010, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 16 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1993–2006
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,899
  • Highest: 1 in 3,899 girls born in 1999 were named Destiney (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 43.4% of all girls named Destiney (3,334) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s81#3,668 (1979)#5,325
1980s445#1,491 (1988)#2,541
1990s2,950#553 (1999)#828
2000s3,334#562 (2000)#810
2010s796#1,317 (2010)#3,036
2020s84#6,083 (2020)#7,736

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Destiney in 2002

girls
#718
344 births · 1 in 5,223 girls

Top girls' names in 2002

  1. #1Emily24,470
  2. #2Madison21,774
  3. #3Hannah18,828
  4. #4Emma16,558
  5. #5Alexis15,636
  6. #6Ashley15,344
  7. #7Abigail15,303
  8. #8Sarah14,779
  9. #9Samantha14,671
  10. #10Olivia14,631
  11. #718Destiney344
More about 2002

girls

1,796,882 girls got a published name in 2002; 1 in 5,223 of them was named Destiney, which outranked 96.0% of the 18,086 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Destiney
  1. #715Annabella347
  2. #716Lia346
  3. #716Penelope346
  4. #718Destiney344
  5. #718Yvette344
  6. #720Myah342
  7. #721Shyann341
  8. #722Ingrid340

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2001
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,168Cadence#2,126 → #958
  2. ↑ 949Lisbeth#1,573 → #624
  3. ↑ 710Ashanti#825 → #115
  4. ↑ 464Elle#1,076 → #612
  5. ↑ 412Nyla#865 → #453
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,141Citlalli#609 → #1,750
  2. ↓ 748Nallely#772 → #1,520
  3. ↓ 617Dafne#967 → #1,584
  4. ↓ 582Beyonce#700 → #1,282
  5. ↓ 540Mikaila#928 → #1,468

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2002 →