Destry

Destry rides again, this time as a Western flavored baby name. Derived from the French surname Destrier, from an Anglo-Norman word meaning "warhorse", this rugged name was popularized by the 1930 novel Destry Rides Again by Max Brand, subsequently adapted for the big screen.

It has only ranked in the US Top 1000 once, in 1964 at #637, after a popular TV series based on the novel was aired that year. It was given to fewer than 10 baby boys in the latest year on record.

Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw named their daughter Destry in 1996.

Pronounced DES-tree.

As of October 2026, Destry ranked #17241 in US births in 2014 SSA, peaked at #5414 in 1965.