Girls' name · peaked in 1999
Destinee name popularity since 1925
16,800 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Destinee. Half of them were born in 2000 or earlier, so the typical Destinee is about 26 years old in 2026. Destinee peaked in 1999 as the #308 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 16,800
- Named Destinee, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #3,040 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 16,800 girls · 0 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 2.00× its national share
Peak year is the year Destinee made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Destinee births per year, 1925–2025
1999 was the biggest year for Destinee both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1990 and 1995, Destinee became 4× more common, from 1 in 8,180 baby girls to 1 in 2,070.
- Steepest fall: Between 2011 and 2016, its share of baby girls fell by 55%, from 1 in 4,560 to 1 in 10,100.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Destinee's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Destinee.
Decade by decade
Babies named Destinee in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 83 | #7,359 |
| 1980s | 804 | #1,840 |
| 1990s | 6,882 | #322 |
| 2000s | 6,099 | #518 |
| 2010s | 2,443 | #1,229 |
| 2020–25 | 489 | #3,040 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
60.5% of babies named Destinee from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Destinee is most popular
The index compares Destinee's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Destinee.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 2.00× | 362 |
| Georgia | 1.84× | 761 |
| Louisiana | 1.74× | 468 |
| Florida | 1.71× | 925 |
| South Carolina | 1.59× | 334 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Destinee and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Destinee (this page) | 16,800 | 1999 |
| Destiny | 151,763 | 2000 |
| Destini | 7,857 | 1999 |
| Destiney | 7,690 | 1999 |
| Destinie | 2,844 | 1998 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Destinee's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Destinee.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Destinee (1999).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data