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 | — | — | ||
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| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
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| 1935 | — | #2,951 | 7 | |
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| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,289 | 7 | |
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| 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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| 1912 | — | #2,269 | 6 | |
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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.
Where Demetrius is popular in 1987
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#95 · 1 in 506
- Georgia#112 · 1 in 624
- South Carolina#137 · 1 in 739
- District of Columbia#139 · 1 in 729
- Mississippi#148 · 1 in 779
Best ever in a state: #70 in Alabama, 1978.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #95 | 50 | 1 in 506 |
| Georgia | #112 | 73 | 1 in 624 |
| South Carolina | #137 | 29 | 1 in 739 |
| District of Columbia | #139 | 11 | 1 in 729 |
| Mississippi | #148 | 21 | 1 in 779 |
| Ohio | #171 | 53 | 1 in 1,439 |
| Michigan | #188 | 45 | 1 in 1,436 |
| Illinois | #191 | 68 | 1 in 1,202 |
| Florida | #201 | 61 | 1 in 1,304 |
| Missouri | #202 | 21 | 1 in 1,702 |
| North Carolina | #204 | 29 | 1 in 1,432 |
| Wisconsin | #208 | 16 | 1 in 2,025 |
| Tennessee | #228 | 17 | 1 in 1,896 |
| Minnesota | #239 | 10 | 1 in 3,049 |
| Pennsylvania | #261 | 28 | 1 in 2,771 |
| Louisiana | #262 | 21 | 1 in 1,532 |
| Virginia | #272 | 17 | 1 in 2,319 |
| Kentucky | #282 | 8 | 1 in 2,986 |
| Maryland | #299 | 10 | 1 in 2,910 |
| Oklahoma | #323 | 7 | 1 in 2,969 |
| Arkansas | #338 | 5 | 1 in 2,991 |
| New York | #351 | 39 | 1 in 3,221 |
| Indiana | #369 | 8 | 1 in 4,616 |
| New Jersey | #413 | 10 | 1 in 4,991 |
| California | #523 | 40 | 1 in 5,969 |
| Texas | #630 | 19 | 1 in 7,549 |
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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 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 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 62,094 of them was named Demetrius, which outranked 75.4% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,169Toi29
- #3,169Yashira29
- #3,169Yocheved29
- #3,257Demetrius28
- #3,257Abra28
- #3,257Analicia28
- #3,257Anessa28
- #3,331Adelaida27
- #3,331Aisling27
- #3,331Alese27
Tied with 73 names at #3,257; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 2,503 of them was named Demetrius, which outranked 96.5% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).