Destiny
4
Babies in 2024
-56%
10-year change
2009
Peak · 11
+33%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Destiny
Destiny peaked among UK boys' names in the late 2000s (11 babies in 2009) and has remained in active use — 4 boys were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Destiny reached its peak in 2009, when 11 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #1,859 for UK boys that year. Today's count of 4 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 22 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 139 boys have been officially registered with the name Destiny in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 53 boys were registered with the name, starting from 9 in 2014 and ending at 4 in 2024.