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How popular is the name Destiny?
Births per year, rank history and how many Destinies are alive today.
Destiny (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 845th in 2025 with 42 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2010, when 238 babies were given the name, the 210th most popular that year. It has declined since 2010; the 2025 figure is roughly 18% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years.
The Destiny you are most likely to meet is around 17 years old. Half of all Destinies born in England and Wales are between 12 and 22, and there are at least 3,900 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 1.2% chance that at least one of them will be called Destiny.
How many babies are named Destiny each year?
Where does Destiny rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Destiny most popular?
Destiny peaked in 2010, when 238 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Destiny?
At least 3,900 people named Destiny born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Destiny?
Most living Destinies are between 12 and 22; the most common age is about 17.
Is Destiny becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2010 peak.