Destinee
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DES-ti-nee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,028 for girls
Destinee is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “fate, destiny”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 3,028th for girls in the US (54 babies).
What does Destinee mean?
English: spelling of Destiny; English word name, via French from Latin destinare
“fate, destiny”
From the English word for fate, which comes via Old French from Latin destinare, to determine.
Meaning borrowed from Destiny. More on Wiktionary.
Is Destinee a girl's or a boy's name?
Destinee is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 54 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Destinee in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Destinee, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Destinee in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 50 girls in the UK were given Destinee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #735, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
- Destiny 45
- Destinee 5
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Destinee in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,764 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Destinee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,028among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 54about 1 in 30,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 54 girls in the US were named Destinee, making it the 3,028th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,752nd. Its busiest year was 1999, with 1,002 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
2025 had fewer girls named Destinee than any year since 1984.
Half of all the girls named Destinee in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 512 girls in the US were given Destinee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #585, up from #3,028 for this spelling alone.
- Destiny 458
- Destinee 54
Destinee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | #3,028 |
| 2024 | 69 | #2,559 |
| 2023 | 65 | #2,674 |
| 2022 | 95 | #2,034 |
| 2021 | 92 | #2,071 |
| 2020 | 114 | #1,752 |
| 2019 | 124 | #1,687 |
| 2018 | 131 | #1,623 |
| 2017 | 157 | #1,441 |
| 2016 | 175 | #1,353 |
| 2015 | 201 | #1,227 |
| 2014 | 249 | #1,040 |
| 2013 | 277 | #918 |
| 2012 | 337 | #793 |
| 2011 | 386 | #716 |
| 2010 | 406 | #705 |
| 2009 | 485 | #622 |
| 2008 | 497 | #615 |
| 2007 | 472 | #631 |
| 2006 | 528 | #559 |
| 2005 | 566 | #518 |
| 2004 | 549 | #522 |
| 2003 | 634 | #471 |
| 2002 | 572 | #488 |
| 2001 | 823 | #361 |
| 2000 | 973 | #327 |
| 1999 | 1,002 | #308 |
| 1998 | 983 | #308 |
| 1997 | 945 | #307 |
| 1996 | 899 | #313 |
| 1995 | 849 | #322 |
| 1994 | 655 | #387 |
| 1993 | 542 | #465 |
| 1992 | 426 | #553 |
| 1991 | 349 | #639 |
| 1990 | 232 | #846 |
| 1989 | 199 | #910 |
| 1988 | 162 | #1,007 |
| 1987 | 110 | #1,274 |
| 1986 | 76 | #1,571 |
| 1985 | 61 | #1,832 |
| 1984 | 39 | #2,420 |
| 1983 | 48 | #2,068 |
| 1982 | 37 | #2,532 |
| 1981 | 46 | #2,195 |
| 1980 | 26 | #3,215 |
| 1979 | 31 | #2,795 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 21 | #3,485 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
Names like Destinee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ellie Jasmine Chloe Maddison Emily Zoe Abigail Lily Amber Amelie Fatima Jessica
Other spellings of Destinee
Names related to Destinee
Destini Destiney Destina Destinie Destyn Destany Desteny Destyni
More English names
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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, “Destinee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/destinee, updated 20 October 2026.