Demarcus

Where Demarcus comes from

The dictionaries list Demarcus as a given name — a male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1956
    First appearance
    #3,942 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1987
    Demarcus Dobbs born
    American football player
  3. 1988
    Peak, #429
    438 babies named Demarcus — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1994
    DeMarcus Holland born
    American basketball player
  5. 2012
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #936.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
Namesakes
  • DeMarcus Holland · American basketball player, born 1994
  • Demarcus Dobbs · American football player, born 1987
  • Demarcus Robinson · American football player, born 1994

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.