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
- Peak · girls
- 1966 · 125 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,205since 1912
Demetra over time
Rank among girls' names. Demetra has never cracked the top 900 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 | #11,932 | 7 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | — | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | — | |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 | — | |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | — | |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 | — | |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 | — | |
| 2016 | #7,988 | 14 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 | — | |
| 2014 | #6,713 | 18 | — | |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 | — | |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 | — | |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 | — | |
| 2009 | #7,341 | 17 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,742 | 16 | — | |
| 2007 | #6,552 | 20 | — | |
| 2006 | #6,356 | 20 | — | |
| 2005 | #5,800 | 21 | — | |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,943 | 25 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,906 | 24 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,009 | 23 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,312 | 21 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,718 | 32 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,730 | 31 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,977 | 40 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,093 | 38 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,492 | 31 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,752 | 44 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,882 | 41 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,612 | 47 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,420 | 52 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,640 | 44 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,769 | 40 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,131 | 54 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,332 | 45 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,980 | 55 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,948 | 56 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,961 | 52 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,927 | 53 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,755 | 63 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,754 | 64 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,396 | 89 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,364 | 90 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,422 | 81 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,225 | 99 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,092 | 111 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #973 | 127 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #1,107 | 105 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,120 | 100 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,181 | 91 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,237 | 90 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,118 | 105 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,042 | 110 | — | |
| 1968 | #939 | 121 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,046 | 97 | — | |
| 1966 | #900 | 125 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,122 | 89 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,190 | 86 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,250 | 77 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,359 | 66 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,481 | 57 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,747 | 42 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,765 | 39 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,679 | 41 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,784 | 37 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,598 | 44 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,733 | 36 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,909 | 30 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,758 | 32 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,921 | 14 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,182 | 21 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,013 | 23 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,669 | 31 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,089 | 22 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,153 | 19 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,339 | 14 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,967 | 19 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,251 | 16 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,860 | 21 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,750 | 21 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,038 | 16 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,873 | 18 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,914 | 17 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,779 | 19 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,658 | 21 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,448 | 27 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,941 | 17 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,703 | 22 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,437 | 13 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,784 | 22 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,935 | 20 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,414 | 32 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,378 | 15 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,062 | 19 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,736 | 24 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,957 | 20 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,120 | 18 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,263 | 16 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,102 | 17 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,204 | 15 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,805 | 19 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,255 | 13 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | — | |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,844 | 10 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1976
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#481 · 1 in 3,431
- South Carolina#482 · 1 in 3,380
- Tennessee#562 · 1 in 5,235
- Louisiana#620 · 1 in 4,336
- Florida#709 · 1 in 5,853
Best ever in a state: #313 in Massachusetts, 1930.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #481 | 9 | 1 in 3,431 |
| South Carolina | #482 | 5 | 1 in 3,380 |
| Tennessee | #562 | 5 | 1 in 5,235 |
| Louisiana | #620 | 6 | 1 in 4,336 |
| Florida | #709 | 7 | 1 in 5,853 |
| Texas | #729 | 16 | 1 in 6,044 |
| Illinois | #746 | 10 | 1 in 6,992 |
| New York | #933 | 11 | 1 in 9,118 |
| Ohio | #979 | 5 | 1 in 13,472 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Demetra
- 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)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1966 at #900 (125 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 17 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1966–1975
- 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
- 23.8% of all girls named Demetra (999) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 95 | #1,805 (1916) | #2,436 |
| 1920s | 199 | #1,414 (1926) | #2,009 |
| 1930s | 184 | #1,448 (1932) | #1,881 |
| 1940s | 199 | #1,669 (1948) | #2,039 |
| 1950s | 306 | #1,598 (1956) | #2,038 |
| 1960s | 870 | #900 (1966) | #1,208 |
| 1970s | 999 | #973 (1975) | #1,184 |
| 1980s | 571 | #1,396 (1980) | #1,995 |
| 1990s | 400 | #2,420 (1991) | #3,032 |
| 2000s | 204 | #4,906 (2002) | #6,073 |
| 2010s | 128 | #6,713 (2014) | #8,767 |
| 2020s | 50 | #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 1976
Top girls' names in 1976
Top boys' names in 1976
More about 1976
girls
1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 13,199 of them was named Demetra, which outranked 90.0% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,086Lesa112
- #1,086Lila112
- #1,086Shea112
- #1,092Demetra111
- #1,092Cristie111
- #1,092Danyell111
- #1,092Jayne111
- #1,098Bobby110
- #1,098Isela110
- #1,098Kris110
Tied with 5 names at #1,092; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,569,007 boys got a published name in 1976; 1 in 261,501 of them was named Demetra, which outranked 24.0% of the 6,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,418Zed7
- #4,418Zenon7
- #4,418Zion7
- #4,935Demetra6
- #4,935Aarin6
- #4,935Abayomi6
- #4,935Abdallah6
- #5,587Abdulla5
- #5,587Abdur5
- #5,587Abiel5
Tied with 651 names at #4,935; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.