Destiny is an English word name that goes back to the Latin destinare, to determine, and means "fate" or "what is meant to be". It became a popular given name in the 1990s, the era of the group Destiny's Child, and belongs with Trinity, Serenity and Heaven to the spiritual word names of that decade. In the United States Destiny was number 24 in 2000, peaked at 22 in 2001, had dropped to 186 by 2015 and ranks 635 in 2025.