NameTides

Destiny

Destiny was the #635 girls' name in the US in 2025 (458 babies), and #845 in England & Wales and #1,001 in Canada.

Destiny as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Destiny as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandUSCanadaEngland & Wales
Destiny as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#635 (458)#845 (42)—#397 (3)—#1,001 (27)
2024#481 (643)#902 (40)——#736 (4)#854 (33)
2023#438 (708)#813 (44)———#831 (33)
2022#391 (798)#576 (67)—#418 (3)#905 (3)#819 (33)
2021#392 (801)#537 (75)——#464 (8)#859 (33)
2020#347 (891)#537 (74)#544 (5)——#649 (44)
2019#309 (1,052)#526 (77)—#336 (4)#871 (3)#581 (53)
2018#275 (1,206)#472 (91)#680 (4)—#896 (3)#591 (51)
2017#226 (1,389)#400 (110)#501 (6)—#579 (6)#584 (53)
2016#203 (1,603)#412 (108)——#868 (3)#378 (92)
2015#186 (1,733)#328 (143)#653 (4)——#475 (69)
2014#156 (2,077)#315 (147)#802 (3)—#661 (5)#457 (72)
2013#138 (2,314)#290 (161)#506 (6)—#660 (5)#422 (76)
2012#113 (2,720)#267 (186)#665 (4)—#677 (5)#319 (101)
2011#90 (3,273)#239 (208)#430 (8)—#359 (13)#283 (118)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2000 at #24.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1956.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,500 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Destiny is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,900 to 1 in 4,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Destiny by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #518WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #541WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #659MNIllinois: #748ILMichigan: #787MINew York: #704NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #433NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #542INOhio: #1,035OHPennsylvania: #927PANew Jersey: #404NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #548CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #556MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #843VAMaryland: #600MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #578AZNew Mexico: #249NMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #645TNNorth Carolina: #581NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #597LAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #819ALGeorgia: #676GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #457TXFlorida: #456FL
Destiny (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#67518

Destiny (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DestinyCanadaGirls#1,00127
DestinyEngland & WalesGirls#84542
DestinyEngland & WalesBoys#2,9527
DestinyIrelandGirls—too few
DestinyIrelandBoys—too few
DestinyNorthern IrelandGirls#3973
DestinyScotlandGirls—too few
DestinyUSGirls#635458
DestinyUSBoys—too few