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
- Peak · boys
- 1964 · 149 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,502since 1955
Destry over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #5,075 | 19 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,300 | 9 | |
| 2021 | — | #7,089 | 11 | |
| 2020 | — | #8,067 | 9 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,889 | 8 | |
| 2018 | — | #9,670 | 7 | |
| 2017 | — | #7,095 | 11 | |
| 2016 | — | #7,605 | 10 | |
| 2015 | — | #6,676 | 12 | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #5,733 | 15 |
| 2013 | — | #5,923 | 14 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,256 | 17 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,994 | 25 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,251 | 17 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,582 | 21 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,249 | 17 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,210 | 17 | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #5,525 | 15 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #5,278 | 15 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #6,138 | 12 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #6,258 | 11 |
| 2002 | — | #6,522 | 10 | |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | #3,321 | 26 |
| 2000 | — | #3,922 | 20 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,865 | 29 | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #3,296 | 23 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | #2,823 | 27 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | #2,911 | 25 |
| 1995 | — | #3,303 | 20 | |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | #2,444 | 31 |
| 1993 | — | #2,257 | 34 | |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #2,174 | 35 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #2,143 | 34 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #2,865 | 22 |
| 1989 | — | #2,106 | 33 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,146 | 29 | |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #2,057 | 29 |
| 1986 | — | #2,360 | 23 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,401 | 13 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,613 | 18 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #2,272 | 22 |
| 1982 | — | #2,059 | 26 | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #3,221 | 13 |
| 1980 | — | #2,162 | 24 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,104 | 24 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,870 | 27 | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #2,008 | 24 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #2,113 | 22 |
| 1975 | — | #2,065 | 22 | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #1,832 | 25 |
| 1973 | — | #1,548 | 31 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #1,473 | 33 |
| 1971 | — | #1,378 | 38 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,523 | 31 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,463 | 30 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,366 | 32 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,287 | 34 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,131 | 43 | |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | #1,043 | 50 |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #637 | 149 |
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| 1958 | — | #3,944 | 5 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,552 | 6 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,628 | 10 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,964 | 8 | |
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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
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest drop: 406 spots in 1965 (#637 → #1,043)
- Debuted 1955
- Peaked 1964 at #637 (149 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1964
- 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%)
- 22.5% of all boys named Destry (338) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 29 | #2,628 (1956) | #3,272 |
| 1960s | 338 | #637 (1964) | #1,155 |
| 1970s | 277 | #1,378 (1971) | #1,791 |
| 1980s | 230 | #2,057 (1987) | #2,440 |
| 1990s | 280 | #2,143 (1991) | #2,708 |
| 2000s | 164 | #3,321 (2001) | #5,201 |
| 2010s | 136 | #3,994 (2011) | #6,609 |
| 2020s | 48 | #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 1965
Top girls' names in 1965
Top boys' names in 1965
More about 1965
girls
1,765,164 girls got a published name in 1965; 1 in 252,166 of them was named Destry, which outranked 29.8% of the 7,535 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,860,143 boys got a published name in 1965; 1 in 37,203 of them was named Destry, which outranked 76.4% of the 4,425 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,031Loran51
- #1,031Octavio51
- #1,031Sharon51
- #1,043Destry50
- #1,043Aric50
- #1,043Earle50
- #1,043Fermin50
- #1,055Abelardo49
- #1,055Anthoney49
- #1,055Audie49
Tied with 11 names at #1,043; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.