girls:
150.6k births since 1956
#262 (95th percentile)
boys:
526 births since 1975
#4060 (11th percentile)
overall:
151.2k births since 1956
#498 (94th percentile)
The name Destiny is the #498 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 151,151 recorded births since 1956. This represents the 93.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 93.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #262 (95.4% percentile) for all time with 150,625 births since 1956. For boys, it ranks #4,060 (11.4% percentile) for all time with 526 births since 1975.
Destiny first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1956 (1956 for girls and 1975 for boys). Birth data for Destiny is available in 66 out of the 68 years between 1956 and 2023 (66 years for girls and 41 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Destiny has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.7% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Destiny reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 97.7% percentile (ranked #22) with 4,923 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 4,936 births per million (ranked 97.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2002, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Destiny ranks #401 for girls (57.7% percentile) with 402 births per million, which is 8.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Destiny reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #821) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 15 births per million (ranked 3.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Destiny ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 22.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Destiny".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Destiny. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 53.2% confident that Destiny is pronounced as DEH-stuh-nee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DEH-stih-nee, at 34.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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