Destan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- des-TAHN
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Destan is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “epic, legend”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Destan mean?
Persian: Turkish destan, from Persian dastan 'story'
“epic, legend”
The Turkish word for an epic or legend, from Persian dastan, 'story'.
Is Destan a girl's or a boy's name?
Destan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Destan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Destan, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2016, with 7 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Destan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 2 | #6,127 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
How popular is Destan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Destan, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
2025 had more boys named Destan than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Destan in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Destan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
Names like Destan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Albie, Rowan, Hudson, Jenson, Lochlan, Jaxon, Theo, Jasper, Oakley, Atlas, Enzo, Alfie
Names related to Destan
More Persian names
Esther, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman, Armaan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Destan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/destan, updated 20 October 2026.