How popular is the name Destiny?

Destiny ranks 278th among girls' names in US records, with 152,265 births since 1956. Over the past decade it accounts for 10,856.

Is Destiny a unisex name?

No. Destiny is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2000, when 9,878 children were given the name. It has been in use for 69 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#278 of girl names

Pronounced D EH1 S T AH0 N IY0 (ARPABET)

Destiny is a girls' name, and first appears in 1956. It has been given to 152,265 children — the 278th most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 75% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2000, when 9,878 children were given it.

2000Girls: 9,878Boys: 25

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Destiny?: Destiny ranks 278th among girls' names in US records, with 152,265 births since 1956. Over the past decade it accounts for 10,856.
Is Destiny a unisex name?: No. Destiny is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Destiny most popular?: 2000, when 9,878 children were given the name. It has been in use for 69 years and is still recorded as of 2024.