Meaning and history
The name means “destiny” or “fate,” taken from the English word ultimately derived from Latin destino, “to determine,” itself a derivative of sto, “to stand.” It has been used as a given name in the English-speaking world only since the latter half of the 20th century.
20062006: 6,313 births, rank #36
2007: 5,742 births, rank #41
2008: 5,320 births, rank #47
2009: 4,617 births, rank #56
2010: 3,737 births, rank #71
20112011: 3,273 births, rank #90
2012: 2,720 births, rank #113
2013: 2,314 births, rank #138
2014: 2,077 births, rank #156
2015: 1,733 births, rank #186
20162016: 1,603 births, rank #203
2017: 1,389 births, rank #226
2018: 1,206 births, rank #275
2019: 1,052 births, rank #309
2020: 891 births, rank #347
20212021: 801 births, rank #392
2022: 798 births, rank #391
2023: 708 births, rank #438
2024: 643 births, rank #481
20252025: 458 births, rank #635
Destiny moved from #481 to #635 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2000, with 9,850 births.