Demetrious
Last seen for girls in 1989 at #12,362 · #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
Given to boys 96.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1971 · 39 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,766since 1947
Demetrious over time
Rank among boys' names. Demetrious has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #8,243 | 9 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,443 | 17 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,927 | 15 | |
| 2022 | — | #9,823 | 7 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,698 | 12 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,296 | 13 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,406 | 13 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,819 | 8 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,297 | 17 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,349 | 13 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,058 | 18 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,130 | 9 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,981 | 18 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,482 | 16 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,695 | 28 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,994 | 25 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,476 | 31 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,486 | 31 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,250 | 34 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,306 | 32 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,960 | 35 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,285 | 29 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,114 | 20 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,909 | 21 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,864 | 32 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,150 | 27 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,300 | 39 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,851 | 28 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,823 | 27 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,380 | 33 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,887 | 45 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,927 | 43 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,347 | 32 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,572 | 56 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,482 | 59 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,685 | 48 | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #1,733 | 44 |
| 1988 | — | #1,879 | 35 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,684 | 40 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,645 | 39 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,116 | 26 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,437 | 20 | |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | #1,864 | 29 |
| 1982 | — | #1,774 | 32 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,899 | 29 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,808 | 31 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,421 | 43 | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #2,669 | 16 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | #1,670 | 32 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #1,781 | 28 |
| 1975 | — | #1,630 | 31 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,409 | 37 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,400 | 36 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,871 | 23 | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #1,352 | 39 |
| 1970 | — | #1,794 | 24 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,810 | 21 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,650 | 23 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,758 | 20 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,650 | 22 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,178 | 14 | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #2,539 | 11 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | — | #3,652 | 6 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,423 | 12 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,530 | 11 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,944 | 5 | |
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| 1956 | — | #2,798 | 9 | |
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| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
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| 1952 | — | #3,734 | 5 | |
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| 1947 | — | #3,733 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Demetrious! It came in at #3,733, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1947–1955, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Demetrious is popular in 1971
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Florida#655 · 1 in 10,761
- Illinois#745 · 1 in 15,173
Best ever in a state: #434 in South Carolina, 1986.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Florida | #655 | 5 | 1 in 10,761 |
| Illinois | #745 | 6 | 1 in 15,173 |
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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 Demetrious
- 2,800 spots since 2024 (#5,443 → #8,243)
- 1,947 spots since 2020 (#6,296 → #8,243)
- 3,185 spots since 2015 (#5,058 → #8,243)
- Debuted 1947
- Peaked 1971 at #1,352 (39 births)
- Births halved by 1978, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 34,243 boys born in 1991 were named Demetrious (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,352 in 1971, was only 1 in 45,345 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.2% of all boys named Demetrious (410) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #3,733 (1947) | #3,733 |
| 1950s | 35 | #2,530 (1959) | #3,367 |
| 1960s | 152 | #1,650 (1968) | #2,271 |
| 1970s | 309 | #1,352 (1971) | #1,700 |
| 1980s | 325 | #1,645 (1986) | #1,884 |
| 1990s | 410 | #1,482 (1991) | #2,125 |
| 2000s | 292 | #2,864 (2001) | #3,380 |
| 2010s | 165 | #3,695 (2011) | #5,821 |
| 2020s | 73 | #5,443 (2024) | #7,072 |
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.
Demetrious in 1971
Top girls' names in 1971
Top boys' names in 1971
More about 1971
girls
1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 332,765 of them was named Demetrious, which outranked 13.7% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,321 names at #8,324; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 45,345 of them was named Demetrious, which outranked 76.1% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,330Sydney40
- #1,330Teodoro40
- #1,330Warner40
- #1,352Demetrious39
- #1,352Amado39
- #1,352Benedict39
- #1,352Darvin39
- #1,378Addison38
- #1,378Blas38
- #1,378Cord38
Tied with 25 names at #1,352; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.