Destry
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Destry is a boys' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Destry mean?
Surname used as a given name; origin uncertain
Destry is the hero of Max Brand's western Destry Rides Again (1930), filmed in 1939 with James Stewart.
Is Destry a girl's or a boy's name?
Destry is a boys' name.
How popular is Destry in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1964, with 149 boys. It first appears in the records in 1955.
Half of all the boys named Destry in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 3% of the babies named Destry in the US in 1964, and 28% in 2001.
Destry in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 25 | #3,992 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 26 | #3,316 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 29 | #2,861 |
| 1998 | 23 | #3,292 |
| 1997 | 27 | #2,819 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,906 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,298 |
| 1994 | 31 | #2,439 |
| 1993 | 34 | #2,252 |
| 1992 | 35 | #2,169 |
| 1991 | 34 | #2,137 |
| 1990 | 22 | #2,859 |
| 1989 | 33 | #2,100 |
| 1988 | 29 | #2,141 |
| 1987 | 29 | #2,053 |
| 1986 | 23 | #2,358 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 18 | #2,612 |
| 1983 | 22 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 26 | #2,058 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 24 | #2,162 |
| 1979 | 24 | #2,104 |
| 1978 | 27 | #1,870 |
| 1977 | 24 | #2,008 |
| 1976 | 22 | #2,112 |
| 1975 | 22 | #2,064 |
| 1974 | 25 | #1,832 |
| 1973 | 31 | #1,548 |
| 1972 | 33 | #1,473 |
| 1971 | 38 | #1,378 |
| 1970 | 31 | #1,522 |
| 1969 | 30 | #1,463 |
| 1968 | 32 | #1,366 |
| 1967 | 34 | #1,286 |
| 1966 | 43 | #1,131 |
| 1965 | 50 | #1,043 |
| 1964 | 149 | #637 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
Names like Destry
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Destry: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/destry, updated 20 October 2026.