Destiny

What Destiny means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Destiny yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #186 in 2015, #635 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Destiny?

US: Falling: down from #186 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #328 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2000, when 9,850 girls got the name (#24 that year). First in the US records in 1956.

How common

• About 1 in 3,509 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 6,030 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (1.28 per 1,000 girls), NV (0.65 per 1,000 girls), MS (0.56 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Destiny is #635 in the US and #845 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Destiny were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Destinee54 US · 5 E&W
• Destini21 US
• Destiney12 US
• Desteny6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Destiny

Girls

• Angel#546Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2002, with 3,100 babies; 551 in 2025
• Hope#352Editor’s note Down from #225 in 2015 to #352 in 2025 in the US
• Amber#520“ambergris”^*
• Faith#254Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #90 in 2015, #254 in 2025
• Holly#416“wood, clearing, meadow”^*
• April#542“the month of the goddess Venus”^*

For a brother

• Trey#883Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1999, with 1,798 babies; 269 in 2025
• Oscar#223Editor’s note Down from #181 in 2015 to #223 in 2025 in the US
• Edgar#486“rich + spear”^*
• Edwin#398Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1922, with 3,827 babies; 798 in 2025
• Chance#442Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1996, with 2,243 babies; 711 in 2025
• Alvin#838“elf + friend”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under English, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Destiny’s. Rank is US 2025.