Demian

Last seen for girls in 1973 at #6,666 · #2,480 for boys in 2025, 54 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1974 · 78 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,105
since 1966

Demian over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Demian has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #919, 1974boys
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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#2,48054
2024#2,34560
2023#2,31560
2022#2,19166
2021#2,97241
2020#2,68946
2019#2,69447
2018#2,79643
2017#2,63747
2016#2,62647
2015#2,91940
2014#2,01770
2013#2,00968
2012#1,86378
2011#2,12962
2010#2,14462
2009#2,25258
2008#2,06267
2007#1,68190
2006#2,31054
2005#2,49345
2004#2,37647
2003#2,84734
2002#2,88232
2001#3,06129
2000#4,78515
1999#4,53715
1998#5,15912
1997#4,96012
1996#4,87812
1995#6,9927
1994#6,9687
1993#5,7719
1992#6,6707
1991#8,2365
1990#8,1175
1989#6,9416
1988#7,2705
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1985#5,1477
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1983#4,9077
1982#3,10814
1981#2,89815
1980#2,96515
1979#3,35712
1978#1,79429
1977#1,33546
1976#1,16354
1975#1,11457
1974#91978
1973#6,6667#1,07457
1972#1,13751
1971#95872
1970#1,01664
1969#5,9747#1,35135
1968#2,03016
1967#3,2317
1966#3,9485
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First appearance
1966

The first year at least five boys were named Demian! It came in at #3,948, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1984, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Demian
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 135 spots since 2024 (#2,345#2,480)
  • 209 spots since 2020 (#2,689#2,480)
  • 439 spots since 2015 (#2,919#2,480)
  • Biggest jump: 155 spots in 1974 (#1,074#919)
  • Biggest drop: 195 spots in 1975 (#919#1,114)
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1966
  • Peaked 1974 at #919 (78 births)
  • Births halved by 1978, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1971–1974
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,158
  • Highest: 1 in 20,158 boys born in 1974 were named Demian (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 31,631 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 26.8% of all boys named Demian (564) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s63#1,351 (1969)#2,640
1970s520#919 (1974)#1,387
1980s69#2,898 (1981)#4,748
1990s91#4,537 (1999)#6,229
2000s471#1,681 (2007)#2,675
2010s564#1,863 (2012)#2,383
2020s327#2,191 (2022)#2,499

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.

Demian in 1973

girls
#6,666
7 births · 1 in 208,316 girls
boys
#1,074
57 births · 1 in 27,343 boys

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #6,666Demian7

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #1,074Demian57
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 208,316 of them was named Demian, which outranked 32.0% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Demian
  1. #6,080Zanita8
  2. #6,080Zoey8
  3. #6,080Zsazsa8
  4. #6,666Demian7
  5. #6,666Aaryn7
  6. #6,666Adonna7
  7. #6,666Afiya7
  8. #7,435Abagail6
  9. #7,435Adabel6
  10. #7,435Adalia6

Tied with 768 names at #6,666; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. 4,091Cicely#4,793#702
  2. 2,295Aubrey#3,177#882
  3. 1,847Nyree#2,680#833
  4. 1,533Danyell#2,523#990
  5. 1,496Vonetta#2,311#815
Fallers
  1. 1,814Camisha#815#2,629
  2. 470Andra#904#1,374
  3. 416Cherilyn#823#1,239
  4. 284Keena#848#1,132
  5. 281Nicolle#734#1,015

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

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 27,343 of them was named Demian, which outranked 81.7% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Demian
  1. #1,068Jerold58
  2. #1,068Ramsey58
  3. #1,068Stanton58
  4. #1,074Demian57
  5. #1,074Basil57
  6. #1,074Carnell57
  7. #1,074Demarcus57
  8. #1,082Anibal56
  9. #1,082Brooke56
  10. #1,082Cullen56

Tied with 7 names at #1,074; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. 2,348Vashon#3,152#804
  2. 1,405Jory#2,158#753
  3. 348Pernell#1,262#914
  4. 345Enoch#1,307#962
  5. 273Tarik#1,177#904
Fallers
  1. 669Jabbar#917#1,586
  2. 361Wes#993#1,354
  3. 326Paris#797#1,123
  4. 284Christophe#984#1,268
  5. 272Bennett#851#1,123

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

See the top 100 for 1973