Demetra
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · Last seen for boys in 1976 at #4,935
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1966 · 125 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,205since 1912
Demetra over time
Rank among girls' names. Demetra has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | — | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | — | |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 | — | |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | — | |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 | — | |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 | — | |
| 2016 | #7,988 | 14 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 | — | |
| 2014 | #6,713 | 18 | — | |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 | — | |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 | — | |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 | — | |
| 2009 | #7,341 | 17 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,742 | 16 | — | |
| 2007 | #6,552 | 20 | — | |
| 2006 | #6,356 | 20 | — | |
| 2005 | #5,800 | 21 | — | |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,943 | 25 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,906 | 24 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,009 | 23 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,312 | 21 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,718 | 32 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,730 | 31 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,977 | 40 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,093 | 38 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,492 | 31 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,752 | 44 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,882 | 41 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,612 | 47 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,420 | 52 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,640 | 44 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,769 | 40 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,131 | 54 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,332 | 45 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,980 | 55 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,948 | 56 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,961 | 52 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,927 | 53 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,755 | 63 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,754 | 64 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,396 | 89 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,364 | 90 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,422 | 81 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,225 | 99 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,092 | 111 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #973 | 127 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #1,107 | 105 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,120 | 100 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,181 | 91 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,237 | 90 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,118 | 105 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,042 | 110 | — | |
| 1968 | #939 | 121 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,046 | 97 | — | |
| 1966 | #900 | 125 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,122 | 89 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,190 | 86 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,250 | 77 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,359 | 66 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,481 | 57 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,747 | 42 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,765 | 39 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,679 | 41 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,784 | 37 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,598 | 44 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,733 | 36 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,909 | 30 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,758 | 32 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,921 | 14 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,182 | 21 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,013 | 23 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,669 | 31 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,089 | 22 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,153 | 19 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,339 | 14 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,967 | 19 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,251 | 16 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,860 | 21 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,750 | 21 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,038 | 16 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,873 | 18 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,914 | 17 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,779 | 19 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,658 | 21 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,448 | 27 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,941 | 17 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,703 | 22 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,437 | 13 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,784 | 22 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,935 | 20 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,414 | 32 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,378 | 15 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,062 | 19 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,736 | 24 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,957 | 20 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,120 | 18 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,263 | 16 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,102 | 17 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,204 | 15 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,805 | 19 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,255 | 13 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | — | |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,844 | 10 | — | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
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| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Demetra! It came in at #1,844, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1913, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Demetra
- 229 spots since 2024 (#12,161 → #11,932)
- 2,979 spots since 2020 (#8,953 → #11,932)
- 1,066 spots since 2015 (#10,866 → #11,932)
- Biggest jump: 222 spots in 1966 (#1,122 → #900)
- Biggest drop: 146 spots in 1967 (#900 → #1,046)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1966 at #900 (125 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 17 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1966–1975
- Highest: 1 in 11,479 girls born in 1975 were named Demetra (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #900 in 1966, was only 1 in 13,537 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.8% of all girls named Demetra (999) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 95 | #1,805 (1916) | #2,436 |
| 1920s | 199 | #1,414 (1926) | #2,009 |
| 1930s | 184 | #1,448 (1932) | #1,881 |
| 1940s | 199 | #1,669 (1948) | #2,039 |
| 1950s | 306 | #1,598 (1956) | #2,038 |
| 1960s | 870 | #900 (1966) | #1,208 |
| 1970s | 999 | #973 (1975) | #1,184 |
| 1980s | 571 | #1,396 (1980) | #1,995 |
| 1990s | 400 | #2,420 (1991) | #3,032 |
| 2000s | 204 | #4,906 (2002) | #6,073 |
| 2010s | 128 | #6,713 (2014) | #8,767 |
| 2020s | 50 | #8,953 (2020) | #11,120 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Demetra in 1959
Top girls' names in 1959
More about 1959
girls
2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 51,884 of them was named Demetra, which outranked 75.5% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,741Tanja40
- #1,741Vanita40
- #1,741Wynona40
- #1,765Demetra39
- #1,765Adelaide39
- #1,765Brian39
- #1,765Diedre39
- #1,794Agatha38
- #1,794Arletha38
- #1,794Beverlee38
Tied with 28 names at #1,765; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.