Destry

Last seen for girls in 2014 at #16,513 · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #5,075
Given to boys 91.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
1964 · 149 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,502
since 1955

Destry over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #5,289, 1965peak #637, 1964girlsboys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023#5,07519
2022#8,3009
2021#7,08911
2020#8,0679
2019#8,8898
2018#9,6707
2017#7,09511
2016#7,60510
2015#6,67612
2014#16,5135#5,73315
2013#5,92314
2012#5,25617
2011#3,99425
2010#5,25117
2009#4,58221
2008#5,24917
2007#5,21017
2006#17,1685#5,52515
2005#14,5026#5,27815
2004#14,1796#6,13812
2003#13,8446#6,25811
2002#6,52210
2001#9,35110#3,32126
2000#3,92220
1999#2,86529
1998#14,1225#3,29623
1997#7,74211#2,82327
1996#9,5818#2,91125
1995#3,30320
1994#9,5868#2,44431
1993#2,25734
1992#7,51211#2,17435
1991#11,5096#2,14334
1990#10,1937#2,86522
1989#2,10633
1988#2,14629
1987#8,7787#2,05729
1986#2,36023
1985#3,40113
1984#2,61318
1983#10,2755#2,27222
1982#2,05926
1981#10,4115#3,22113
1980#2,16224
1979#2,10424
1978#1,87027
1977#9,6525#2,00824
1976#8,1566#2,11322
1975#2,06522
1974#7,6806#1,83225
1973#1,54831
1972#8,2925#1,47333
1971#1,37838
1970#1,52331
1969#1,46330
1968#1,36632
1967#1,28734
1966#1,13143
1965#5,2897#1,04350
1964#6,7675#637149
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1958#3,9445
1957#3,5526
1956#2,62810
1955#2,9648
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First appearance
1955

The first year at least five boys were named Destry! It came in at #2,964, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1958–1963, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Destry
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest drop: 406 spots in 1965 (#637#1,043)
Rise & fade · boys
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1955
  • Peaked 1964 at #637 (149 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1964
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,374
  • Highest: 1 in 13,374 boys born in 1964 were named Destry (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 90,030 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 22.5% of all boys named Destry (338) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s29#2,628 (1956)#3,272
1960s338#637 (1964)#1,155
1970s277#1,378 (1971)#1,791
1980s230#2,057 (1987)#2,440
1990s280#2,143 (1991)#2,708
2000s164#3,321 (2001)#5,201
2010s136#3,994 (2011)#6,609
2020s48#5,075 (2023)#7,133

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

Destry in 1955

boys
#2,964
8 births · 1 in 257,486 boys

Top boys' names in 1955

  1. #1Michael88,355
  2. #2David86,306
  3. #3James84,186
  4. #4Robert83,758
  5. #5John80,128
  6. #6William59,990
  7. #7Richard53,566
  8. #8Thomas45,855
  9. #9Mark42,255
  10. #10Steven37,847
  11. #2,964Destry8
More about 1955

boys

2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 257,486 of them was named Destry, which outranked 32.6% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Destry
  1. #2,764Windsor9
  2. #2,764Ygnacio9
  3. #2,764Zan9
  4. #2,964Destry8
  5. #2,964Abelino8
  6. #2,964Adams8
  7. #2,964Admiral8
  8. #3,201Abbie7
  9. #3,201Ahmad7
  10. #3,201Alcide7

Tied with 236 names at #2,964; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. 808Davy#1,333#525
  2. 326Wyatt#985#659
  3. 323Moises#1,311#988
  4. 296Tad#1,068#772
  5. 286Rhett#1,122#836
Fallers
  1. 738Rahn#908#1,646
  2. 415Ricci#739#1,154
  3. 321Meredith#952#1,273
  4. 309Michial#985#1,294
  5. 282Arvin#973#1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1955