Destany
Girl · DES-tih-nee · English
Destany is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “fate”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Destany mean?
English: spelling of Destiny
“fate”
Destiny comes via Old French from Latin destinare, 'to determine'.
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Is Destany a girl's or a boy's name?
Destany is a girls' name.
How popular is Destany in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 227 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the girls named Destany in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Destany in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,643 |
| 2012 | 36 | #4,119 |
| 2011 | 53 | #3,131 |
| 2010 | 57 | #2,975 |
| 2009 | 92 | #2,165 |
| 2008 | 99 | #2,062 |
| 2007 | 125 | #1,734 |
| 2006 | 140 | #1,552 |
| 2005 | 154 | #1,392 |
| 2004 | 156 | #1,352 |
| 2003 | 129 | #1,508 |
| 2002 | 155 | #1,267 |
| 2001 | 201 | #1,058 |
| 2000 | 226 | #942 |
| 1999 | 227 | #926 |
| 1998 | 216 | #949 |
| 1997 | 205 | #963 |
| 1996 | 183 | #1,018 |
| 1995 | 189 | #988 |
| 1994 | 132 | #1,282 |
| 1993 | 118 | #1,383 |
| 1992 | 91 | #1,657 |
| 1991 | 66 | #2,052 |
| 1990 | 42 | #2,732 |
| 1989 | 42 | #2,652 |
| 1988 | 21 | #4,167 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,854 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,344 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,280 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,317 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
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