Destiny
Girl · DES-ti-nee · English
Destiny is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “fate, destiny”. In 2025 it ranked 848th for girls in the UK (45 babies) and 635th for girls in the US (458 babies).
What does Destiny mean?
English: 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.
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Is Destiny a girl's or a boy's name?
Destiny is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 45 girls and 7 boys in the UK and 458 girls in the US.
How popular is Destiny in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #848among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 45about 1 in 6,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 45 girls in the UK were named Destiny, making it the 848th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 556th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 249 girls. 7 boys were also named Destiny in 2025 (3,021st for boys).
Half of all the girls named Destiny in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 50 girls in the UK were given Destiny or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #735, up from #848 for this spelling alone.
- Destiny 45
- Destinee 5
In 2025, 87% of the babies named Destiny in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 845th in England and Wales and 397th in Northern Ireland.
Destiny in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45 | #848 |
| 2024 | 40 | #947 |
| 2023 | 46 | #843 |
| 2022 | 71 | #596 |
| 2021 | 77 | #570 |
| 2020 | 79 | #556 |
| 2019 | 83 | #538 |
| 2018 | 95 | #506 |
| 2017 | 116 | #423 |
| 2016 | 108 | #452 |
| 2015 | 147 | #349 |
| 2014 | 150 | #334 |
| 2013 | 167 | #313 |
| 2012 | 190 | #290 |
| 2011 | 216 | #259 |
| 2010 | 249 | #229 |
| 2009 | 216 | #247 |
| 2008 | 239 | #242 |
| 2007 | 230 | #248 |
| 2006 | 190 | #276 |
| 2005 | 191 | #261 |
| 2004 | 162 | #287 |
| 2003 | 122 | #338 |
| 2002 | 153 | #289 |
| 2001 | 194 | #235 |
| 2000 | 133 | #303 |
| 1999 | 91 | #393 |
| 1998 | 52 | #577 |
| 1997 | 36 | #748 |
| 1996 | 21 | #1,024 |
How popular is Destiny in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #635among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 458about 1 in 3,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 458 girls in the US were named Destiny, making it the 635th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 347th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 9,850 girls. It first appears in the records in 1956.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 20 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Destiny than any year since 1980.
Half of all the girls named Destiny in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 512 girls in the US were given Destiny or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #585, up from #635 for this spelling alone.
- Destiny 458
- Destinee 54
Destiny in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 458 | #635 |
| 2024 | 643 | #481 |
| 2023 | 708 | #438 |
| 2022 | 798 | #391 |
| 2021 | 801 | #392 |
| 2020 | 891 | #347 |
| 2019 | 1,052 | #309 |
| 2018 | 1,206 | #275 |
| 2017 | 1,389 | #226 |
| 2016 | 1,603 | #203 |
| 2015 | 1,733 | #186 |
| 2014 | 2,077 | #156 |
| 2013 | 2,314 | #138 |
| 2012 | 2,720 | #113 |
| 2011 | 3,273 | #90 |
| 2010 | 3,737 | #71 |
| 2009 | 4,617 | #56 |
| 2008 | 5,320 | #47 |
| 2007 | 5,742 | #41 |
| 2006 | 6,313 | #36 |
| 2005 | 6,894 | #32 |
| 2004 | 6,546 | #38 |
| 2003 | 6,977 | #37 |
| 2002 | 7,804 | #34 |
| 2001 | 9,752 | #22 |
| 2000 | 9,850 | #24 |
| 1999 | 9,172 | #28 |
| 1998 | 8,155 | #34 |
| 1997 | 6,727 | #42 |
| 1996 | 5,856 | #56 |
| 1995 | 5,380 | #66 |
| 1994 | 4,089 | #86 |
| 1993 | 2,942 | #111 |
| 1992 | 2,610 | #130 |
| 1991 | 1,899 | #156 |
| 1990 | 1,408 | #202 |
| 1989 | 1,153 | #238 |
| 1988 | 944 | #268 |
| 1987 | 811 | #299 |
| 1986 | 606 | #382 |
| 1985 | 572 | #391 |
| 1984 | 564 | #389 |
| 1983 | 516 | #421 |
| 1982 | 469 | #454 |
| 1981 | 467 | #458 |
| 1980 | 440 | #478 |
| 1979 | 384 | #514 |
| 1978 | 324 | #547 |
| 1977 | 211 | #727 |
| 1976 | 185 | #774 |
| 1975 | 161 | #833 |
| 1974 | 117 | #1,023 |
| 1973 | 86 | #1,226 |
| 1972 | 58 | #1,578 |
| 1971 | 49 | #1,805 |
| 1970 | 37 | #2,160 |
| 1969 | 24 | #2,704 |
| 1968 | 26 | #2,431 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,655 |
| 1966 | 20 | #2,751 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,548 |
| 1964 | 13 | #3,691 |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,018 |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,864 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,436 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
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