Demetrius
Last seen for girls in 2004 at #14,179 · #1,227 for boys in 2025, 164 births
Given to boys 95.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1991 · 1,052 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 36,064since 1912
Demetrius over time
Rank among boys' names. Demetrius has never cracked the top 200 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 | — | #1,227 | 164 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,042 | 213 | |
| 2023 | — | #890 | 261 | |
| 2022 | — | #982 | 229 | |
| 2021 | — | #831 | 286 | |
| 2020 | — | #856 | 266 | |
| 2019 | — | #808 | 283 | |
| 2018 | — | #700 | 346 | |
| 2017 | — | #734 | 325 | |
| 2016 | — | #733 | 333 | |
| 2015 | — | #679 | 374 | |
| 2014 | — | #690 | 362 | |
| 2013 | — | #597 | 425 | |
| 2012 | — | #616 | 396 | |
| 2011 | — | #580 | 432 | |
| 2010 | — | #513 | 501 | |
| 2009 | — | #545 | 484 | |
| 2008 | — | #520 | 523 | |
| 2007 | — | #491 | 541 | |
| 2006 | — | #436 | 628 | |
| 2005 | — | #499 | 496 | |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #438 | 593 |
| 2003 | — | #455 | 554 | |
| 2002 | — | #421 | 584 | |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | #385 | 673 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #384 | 679 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | #391 | 650 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | #377 | 670 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | #364 | 679 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | #338 | 759 |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 | #310 | 855 |
| 1994 | #5,016 | 19 | #301 | 894 |
| 1993 | #4,998 | 19 | #295 | 942 |
| 1992 | #4,236 | 24 | #280 | 1,022 |
| 1991 | #3,817 | 27 | #259 | 1,052 |
| 1990 | #4,380 | 22 | #291 | 867 |
| 1989 | #2,810 | 39 | #281 | 885 |
| 1988 | #2,489 | 43 | #292 | 789 |
| 1987 | #3,257 | 28 | #288 | 746 |
| 1986 | #2,116 | 50 | #277 | 764 |
| 1985 | #2,398 | 41 | #311 | 656 |
| 1984 | #2,625 | 35 | #314 | 621 |
| 1983 | #2,135 | 46 | #292 | 689 |
| 1982 | #2,220 | 45 | #314 | 627 |
| 1981 | #1,867 | 58 | #285 | 716 |
| 1980 | #1,833 | 59 | #294 | 694 |
| 1979 | #1,661 | 67 | #278 | 735 |
| 1978 | #1,653 | 64 | #289 | 659 |
| 1977 | #1,637 | 64 | #290 | 676 |
| 1976 | #1,343 | 80 | #286 | 656 |
| 1975 | #1,326 | 82 | #299 | 636 |
| 1974 | #1,386 | 74 | #275 | 680 |
| 1973 | #1,374 | 72 | #281 | 653 |
| 1972 | #1,414 | 69 | #305 | 597 |
| 1971 | #1,906 | 45 | #339 | 542 |
| 1970 | #2,307 | 33 | #374 | 466 |
| 1969 | #1,835 | 45 | #368 | 448 |
| 1968 | #1,909 | 39 | #391 | 397 |
| 1967 | #1,702 | 45 | #384 | 385 |
| 1966 | #2,249 | 28 | #472 | 264 |
| 1965 | #1,741 | 42 | #456 | 289 |
| 1964 | #1,803 | 42 | #539 | 212 |
| 1963 | #2,131 | 31 | #575 | 188 |
| 1962 | #1,607 | 49 | #570 | 189 |
| 1961 | #2,474 | 24 | #769 | 101 |
| 1960 | #2,904 | 18 | #852 | 79 |
| 1959 | #3,104 | 15 | #888 | 75 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | #892 | 71 |
| 1957 | #2,926 | 16 | #845 | 79 |
| 1956 | #3,048 | 15 | #924 | 65 |
| 1955 | #3,225 | 13 | #874 | 71 |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 | #887 | 69 |
| 1953 | — | #1,357 | 31 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,153 | 13 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,367 | 11 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,572 | 22 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,123 | 13 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,881 | 16 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,850 | 17 | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #2,271 | 11 |
| 1945 | — | #2,242 | 10 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,862 | 7 | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
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| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #2,951 | 7 | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
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| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,289 | 7 | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | #4,210 | 5 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,408 | 7 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,260 | 8 | |
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | #4,307 | 5 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,632 | 11 | |
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | #3,115 | 8 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,368 | 7 | |
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | #3,897 | 5 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,458 | 10 | |
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| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | #2,269 | 6 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Demetrius! It came in at #2,269, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1913–1914, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Demetrius
- 185 spots since 2024 (#1,042 → #1,227)
- 371 spots since 2020 (#856 → #1,227)
- 548 spots since 2015 (#679 → #1,227)
- Biggest jump: 470 spots in 1954 (#1,357 → #887)
- Biggest drop: 152 spots in 2024 (#890 → #1,042)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1991 at #259 (1,052 births)
- Births halved by 2005, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 70 yrs · run 1954–2023
- Highest: 1 in 1,920 boys born in 1991 were named Demetrius (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,415 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 23.3% of all boys named Demetrius (8,390) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 36 | #2,269 (1912) | #3,021 |
| 1920s | 42 | #2,632 (1921) | #3,588 |
| 1930s | 19 | #2,951 (1935) | #3,334 |
| 1940s | 80 | #1,850 (1947) | #2,337 |
| 1950s | 507 | #845 (1957) | #1,276 |
| 1960s | 2,552 | #368 (1969) | #538 |
| 1970s | 6,300 | #275 (1974) | #302 |
| 1980s | 7,187 | #277 (1986) | #295 |
| 1990s | 8,390 | #259 (1991) | #321 |
| 2000s | 5,755 | #384 (2000) | #457 |
| 2010s | 3,777 | #513 (2010) | #665 |
| 2020s | 1,419 | #831 (2021) | #971 |
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.
Demetrius in 1954
Top girls' names in 1954
Top boys' names in 1954
More about 1954
girls
1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 176,538 of them was named Demetrius, which outranked 47.3% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,325Wenonah12
- #3,325Willow12
- #3,325Zettie12
- #3,490Demetrius11
- #3,490Alesa11
- #3,490Aloha11
- #3,490Alys11
- #3,718Adalia10
- #3,718Adrianna10
- #3,718Alean10
Tied with 227 names at #3,490; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 29,547 of them was named Demetrius, which outranked 79.7% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #876Mason70
- #876Noe70
- #876Scottie70
- #887Demetrius69
- #887Agustin69
- #887Brant69
- #887Ferdinand69
- #892Alva68
- #892Beverly68
- #892Brendan68
Tied with 4 names at #887; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 504Arlin#878 → #1,382
- ↓ 347Adan#895 → #1,242
- ↓ 345Dayton#966 → #1,311
- ↓ 302Garey#966 → #1,268
- ↓ 293Bartholomew#975 → #1,268
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.