# Destiny (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/destiny/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Destinee |
| US babies named this | 152,289 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 526 / 151,763 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,920, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the noun destiny since the 1970s.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3,273 | 90 |
| 2012 | 2,720 | 113 |
| 2013 | 2,314 | 138 |
| 2014 | 2,077 | 156 |
| 2015 | 1,733 | 186 |
| 2016 | 1,603 | 203 |
| 2017 | 1,389 | 226 |
| 2018 | 1,206 | 275 |
| 2019 | 1,052 | 309 |
| 2020 | 891 | 347 |
| 2021 | 801 | 392 |
| 2022 | 798 | 391 |
| 2023 | 708 | 438 |
| 2024 | 643 | 481 |
| 2025 | 458 | 635 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 16 | 5,092 |
| 2006 | 14 | 5,860 |
| 2007 | 12 | 6,734 |
| 2008 | 13 | 6,494 |
| 2009 | 8 | 9,198 |
| 2010 | 10 | 7,730 |
| 2011 | 10 | 7,637 |
| 2012 | 12 | 6,717 |
| 2014 | 7 | 9,899 |
| 2016 | 14 | 6,120 |
| 2017 | 10 | 7,712 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8,323 |
| 2019 | 13 | 6,510 |
| 2020 | 6 | 10,942 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11,169 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 208 | 239 |
| 2012 | 186 | 267 |
| 2013 | 161 | 290 |
| 2014 | 147 | 315 |
| 2015 | 143 | 328 |
| 2016 | 108 | 412 |
| 2017 | 110 | 400 |
| 2018 | 91 | 472 |
| 2019 | 77 | 526 |
| 2020 | 74 | 537 |
| 2021 | 75 | 537 |
| 2022 | 67 | 576 |
| 2023 | 44 | 813 |
| 2024 | 40 | 902 |
| 2025 | 42 | 845 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 10 | 2,036 |
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,248 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,952 |

## People named Destiny

- Destiny Watford, American environmentalist
- Destiny Wagner, Belizean author, TV host, influencer, and model
- Princess Nokia, American rapper

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.