girls:
736 births since 1976
#4980 (13th percentile)
boys:
5.9k births since 1968
#1535 (67th percentile)
overall:
6.6k births since 1968
#3303 (57th percentile)
The name Destin is the #3,303 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 6,649 recorded births since 1968. This represents the 57.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 57.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,535 (66.5% percentile) for all time with 5,913 births since 1968. For girls, it ranks #4,980 (12.8% percentile) for all time with 736 births since 1976.
Destin first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1968 (1968 for boys and 1976 for girls).
The name Destin has been given predominantly to boys, with 88.9% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 90.9% of babies named Destin were boys.
For boys, Destin reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 27.9% percentile (ranked #581) with 116 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 117 births per million (ranked 27.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Destin ranks #806 for boys (11.5% percentile) with 60 births per million, which is 51.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Destin reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 2.7% percentile (ranked #836) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Destin ranks #941 for girls (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 43.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Destin".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Destin. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 88.4% confident that Destin is pronounced as DEH-stihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DEH-stuhn, at 11.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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