Demetra

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · Last seen for boys in 1976 at #4,935
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1966 · 125 births
Debut · girls
10 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,205
since 1912

Demetra over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Demetra has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201912peak #900, 1966girls
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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#11,9327—
2024#12,1617—
2023#13,4626—
2022#11,2318—
2021#8,97811—
2020#8,95311—
2019#9,73610—
2018#9,15111—
2017#8,29913—
2016#7,98814—
2015#10,8669—
2014#6,71318—
2013#8,58013—
2012#9,71111—
2011#9,72311—
2010#6,90418—
2009#7,34117—
2008#7,74216—
2007#6,55220—
2006#6,35620—
2005#5,80021—
2004#6,76817—
2003#4,94325—
2002#4,90624—
2001#5,00923—
2000#5,31221—
1999#3,71832—
1998#3,73031—
1997#2,97740—
1996#3,09338—
1995#3,49231—
1994#2,75244—
1993#2,88241—
1992#2,61247—
1991#2,42052—
1990#2,64044—
1989#2,76940—
1988#2,13154—
1987#2,33245—
1986#1,98055—
1985#1,94856—
1984#1,96152—
1983#1,92753—
1982#1,75563—
1981#1,75464—
1980#1,39689—
1979#1,36490—
1978#1,42281—
1977#1,22599—
1976#1,092111#4,9356
1975#973127#4,7976
1974#1,107105—
1973#1,120100—
1972#1,18191—
1971#1,23790—
1970#1,118105—
1969#1,042110—
1968#939121—
1967#1,04697—
1966#900125—
1965#1,12289—
1964#1,19086—
1963#1,25077—
1962#1,35966—
1961#1,48157—
1960#1,74742—
1959#1,76539—
1958#1,67941—
1957#1,78437—
1956#1,59844—
1955#1,73336—
1954#1,90930—
1953#1,75832—
1952#2,92114—
1951#2,18221—
1950#3,05212—
1949#2,01323—
1948#1,66931—
1947#2,08922—
1946#2,15319—
1945#2,33914—
1944#1,96719—
1943#2,25116—
1942#1,86021—
1941#1,75021—
1940#2,29713—
1939#2,03816—
1938#1,87318—
1937#1,91417—
1936#2,03215—
1935#1,77919—
1934#2,42412—
1933#1,65821—
1932#1,44827—
1931#1,94117—
1930#1,70322—
1929#2,43713—
1928#1,78422—
1927#1,93520—
1926#1,41432—
1925#2,37815—
1924#2,06219—
1923#1,73624—
1922#1,95720—
1921#2,12018—
1920#2,26316—
1919#3,4528—
1918#2,10217—
1917#2,20415—
1916#1,80519—
1915#2,25513—
1914#2,6388—
1913#3,1875—
1912#1,84410—
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five girls were named Demetra! It came in at #1,844, and was given to 10 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1913, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Demetra is popular in 1912

No state had 5 or more girls named Demetra in 1912, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Demetra
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 229 spots since 2024 (#12,161 → #11,932)
  • 2,979 spots since 2020 (#8,953 → #11,932)
  • 1,066 spots since 2015 (#10,866 → #11,932)
  • Biggest jump: 222 spots in 1966 (#1,122 → #900)
  • Biggest drop: 146 spots in 1967 (#900 → #1,046)
Rise & fade · girls
54 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1966 at #900 (125 births)
  • Births halved by 1983, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1966–1975
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,479
  • Highest: 1 in 11,479 girls born in 1975 were named Demetra (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #900 in 1966, was only 1 in 13,537 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 23.8% of all girls named Demetra (999) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s95#1,805 (1916)#2,436
1920s199#1,414 (1926)#2,009
1930s184#1,448 (1932)#1,881
1940s199#1,669 (1948)#2,039
1950s306#1,598 (1956)#2,038
1960s870#900 (1966)#1,208
1970s999#973 (1975)#1,184
1980s571#1,396 (1980)#1,995
1990s400#2,420 (1991)#3,032
2000s204#4,906 (2002)#6,073
2010s128#6,713 (2014)#8,767
2020s50#8,953 (2020)#11,120

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Demetra in 1912

girls
#1,844
10 births · 1 in 55,812 girls

Top girls' names in 1912

  1. #1Mary32,304
  2. #2Helen16,133
  3. #3Dorothy12,645
  4. #4Margaret12,536
  5. #5Ruth11,280
  6. #6Mildred8,764
  7. #7Anna8,586
  8. #8Elizabeth8,527
  9. #9Frances6,680
  10. #10Marie6,642
  11. #1,844Demetra10
More about 1912

girls

558,119 girls got a published name in 1912; 1 in 55,812 of them was named Demetra, which outranked 46.5% of the 3,445 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Demetra
  1. #1,719Zara11
  2. #1,719Zeola11
  3. #1,719Zeta11
  4. #1,844Demetra10
  5. #1,844Adel10
  6. #1,844Adelaida10
  7. #1,844Albirta10
  8. #1,981Adelene9
  9. #1,981Ailene9
  10. #1,981Alcie9

Tied with 136 names at #1,844; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1911
Risers
  1. ↑ 712Jule#1,545 → #833
  2. ↑ 626Beula#1,545 → #919
  3. ↑ 602Noma#1,372 → #770
  4. ↑ 577Walter#1,372 → #795
  5. ↑ 490Izora#1,450 → #960
Fallers
  1. ↓ 912Mabell#932 → #1,844
  2. ↓ 602Justina#875 → #1,477
  3. ↓ 579Irine#898 → #1,477
  4. ↓ 579Sula#898 → #1,477
  5. ↓ 568Cordia#853 → #1,421

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

See the top 100 for 1912 →