Demarcus

Last seen for girls in 1989 at #12,362 · #2,167 for boys in 2025, 66 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1988 · 438 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
13,618
since 1956

Demarcus over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Demarcus has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201983peak #429, 1988boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,16766
2024#2,15668
2023#1,89683
2022#1,81589
2021#1,74093
2020#1,297139
2019#1,372130
2018#1,168164
2017#1,121171
2016#1,159165
2015#1,082181
2014#1,004205
2013#914227
2012#936217
2011#910222
2010#820261
2009#823267
2008#714326
2007#764288
2006#734291
2005#755263
2004#777234
2003#750239
2002#703254
2001#705253
2000#622302
1999#606302
1998#579338
1997#541366
1996#510404
1995#497428
1994#454489
1993#463456
1992#470460
1991#436511
1990#443498
1989#12,3625#441456
1988#429438
1987#8,7787#460369
1986#6,61210#450374
1985#8,3187#455354
1984#527264
1983#507276
1982#543251
1981#586211
1980#576224
1979#640177
1978#663159
1977#710143
1976#797109
1975#86792
1974#94275
1973#1,07457
1972#1,28542
1971#1,40037
1970#2,12518
1969#2,86110
1968#2,73510
1967#3,2317
1966#3,9485
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First appearance
1956

The first year at least five boys were named Demarcus! It came in at #3,942, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1956–1966, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Demarcus is popular in 1983

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Demarcus, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Demarcus, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Demarcus, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Demarcus, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Demarcus, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Demarcus, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Demarcus, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Demarcus, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Demarcus, so not publishedMNIllinois: #417 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 4,543 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Demarcus, so not publishedWIMichigan: #514 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 8,938 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Demarcus, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Demarcus, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Demarcus, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Demarcus, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Demarcus, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Demarcus, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Demarcus, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Demarcus, so not publishedIAIndiana: #353 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,738 boysINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Demarcus, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Demarcus, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Demarcus, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Demarcus, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,079 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 22,990 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Demarcus, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Demarcus, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Demarcus, so not publishedNEMissouri: #372 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,119 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Demarcus, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Demarcus, so not publishedWVVirginia: #426 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,828 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Demarcus, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Demarcus, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Demarcus, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Demarcus, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Demarcus, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Demarcus, so not publishedARTennessee: #166 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 1,137 boysTNNorth Carolina: #416 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,747 boysNCSouth Carolina: #335 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,963 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Demarcus, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Demarcus, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #242 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 1,529 boysLAMississippi: #198 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,209 boysMSAlabama: #220 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,599 boysALGeorgia: #207 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 1,446 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Demarcus, so not publishedHITexas: #312 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 2,292 boysTXFlorida: #520 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 6,194 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Tennessee#166 · 1 in 1,137
  2. Mississippi#198 · 1 in 1,209
  3. Georgia#207 · 1 in 1,446
  4. Alabama#220 · 1 in 1,599
  5. Louisiana#242 · 1 in 1,529

Best ever in a state: #66 in Mississippi, 1997.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Tennessee#166281 in 1,137
Mississippi#198151 in 1,209
Georgia#207281 in 1,446
Alabama#220161 in 1,599
Louisiana#242241 in 1,529
Texas#312621 in 2,292
South Carolina#33571 in 2,963
Indiana#35381 in 4,738
Missouri#37271 in 5,119
North Carolina#41681 in 4,747
Illinois#417181 in 4,543
Virginia#42661 in 5,828
Michigan#51471 in 8,938
Florida#520111 in 6,194
California#1,07991 in 22,990
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Demarcus
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 11 spots since 2024 (#2,156#2,167)
  • 870 spots since 2020 (#1,297#2,167)
  • 1,085 spots since 2015 (#1,082#2,167)
  • Biggest jump: 132 spots in 1974 (#1,074#942)
  • Biggest drop: 109 spots in 2009 (#714#823)
Rise & fade · boys
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1956
  • Peaked 1988 at #429 (438 births)
  • Births halved by 2012, 24 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 40 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 40 yrs · run 1974–2013
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,951
  • Highest: 1 in 3,951 boys born in 1994 were named Demarcus (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 25,880 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #429 in 1988, was only 1 in 4,371 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 31.2% of all boys named Demarcus (4,252) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s5#3,942 (1956)#3,942
1960s37#2,735 (1968)#3,363
1970s909#640 (1979)#1,050
1980s3,217#429 (1988)#497
1990s4,252#436 (1991)#500
2000s2,717#622 (2000)#735
2010s1,943#820 (2010)#1,049
2020s538#1,297 (2020)#1,845

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Demarcus in 1983

boys
#507
276 births · 1 in 6,495 boys

Top boys' names in 1983

  1. #1Michael68,004
  2. #2Christopher59,324
  3. #3Matthew50,209
  4. #4David39,201
  5. #5Joshua36,687
  6. #6James36,342
  7. #7Jason35,113
  8. #8Daniel34,748
  9. #9John33,154
  10. #10Robert32,745
  11. #507Demarcus276
More about 1983

boys

1,792,564 boys got a published name in 1983; 1 in 6,495 of them was named Demarcus, which outranked 93.1% of the 7,344 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Demarcus
  1. #504Donovan278
  2. #505Jonas277
  3. #505Wendell277
  4. #507Demarcus276
  5. #507Sterling276
  6. #509Diego275
  7. #509Jackson275
  8. #511Jerod274

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. 2,260Remington#3,108#848
  2. 2,159Trumaine#3,108#949
  3. 1,157Akeem#1,774#617
  4. 738Jacoby#1,654#916
  5. 655Deven#1,622#967
Fallers
  1. 284Marcello#969#1,253
  2. 275Schuyler#845#1,120
  3. 273Jessy#917#1,190
  4. 258Kennith#981#1,239
  5. 220Jarrad#933#1,153

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1983