Destiny
A unisex name of Latin origin, meaning fate, one's predetermined future or purpose.
How Destiny has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #186 |
| 2016 | #203 |
| 2017 | #226 |
| 2018 | #274 |
| 2019 | #309 |
| 2020 | #350 |
| 2021 | #397 |
| 2022 | #391 |
| 2023 | #439 |
| 2024 | #481 |
| 2025 | #635 |
Destiny by the numbers
In 2025, 42 babies in England and Wales were named Destiny. In the US, 1,384 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 9,850 babies in 2000, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 2000, about 1 in 200 American babies born that year was called Destiny.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Destiny. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Destiny
Names that are said the same way as Destiny, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Destinidestiny; a variant spelling of Destiny61 in the US (2017)
- Destiniefate or destiny; respelling of Destiny17 in the US (2017)
- Destenyfate; a variant spelling of Destiny14 in the US (2017)
- Destanyfate or destiny; modern spelling of destiny11 in the US (2017)
- Destyni15 in the US (2017)
- Destani5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Destiny
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