#4812024 rank
2000peak year
151,282babies named Destiny since 1880
▼ 39%5-year trend
Destiny popularity over 145 years
⭐ Sweet spot — known but not everywhere · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Destiny mean?
From the English word destiny, via Old French and Latin destinare 'to determine, appoint'. It joined the virtue-word naming wave in late 20th-century America.
OriginLatin, English
Syllables3
Gendergirl
Stylemodern, classic
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