Demetrious
- Last seen for girls in 1989 at #12,362
- #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
- Given to boys 96.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1971 · 39 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,766since 1947
Demetrious over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Demetrious has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #8,243 | 9 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,443 | 17 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,927 | 15 | |
| 2022 | — | #9,823 | 7 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,698 | 12 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,296 | 13 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,406 | 13 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,819 | 8 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,297 | 17 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,349 | 13 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,058 | 18 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,130 | 9 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,981 | 18 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,482 | 16 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,695 | 28 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,994 | 25 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,476 | 31 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,486 | 31 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,250 | 34 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,306 | 32 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,960 | 35 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,285 | 29 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,114 | 20 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,909 | 21 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,864 | 32 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,150 | 27 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,300 | 39 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,851 | 28 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,823 | 27 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,380 | 33 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,887 | 45 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,927 | 43 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,347 | 32 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,572 | 56 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,482 | 59 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,685 | 48 | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #1,733 | 44 |
| 1988 | — | #1,879 | 35 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,684 | 40 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,645 | 39 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,116 | 26 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,437 | 20 | |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | #1,864 | 29 |
| 1982 | — | #1,774 | 32 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,899 | 29 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,808 | 31 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,421 | 43 | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #2,669 | 16 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | #1,670 | 32 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #1,781 | 28 |
| 1975 | — | #1,630 | 31 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,409 | 37 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,400 | 36 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,871 | 23 | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #1,352 | 39 |
| 1970 | — | #1,794 | 24 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,810 | 21 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,650 | 23 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,758 | 20 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,650 | 22 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,178 | 14 | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #2,539 | 11 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | — | #3,652 | 6 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,423 | 12 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,530 | 11 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,944 | 5 | |
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| 1956 | — | #2,798 | 9 | |
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| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
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| 1952 | — | #3,734 | 5 | |
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| 1947 | — | #3,733 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1947
The first year at least five boys were named Demetrious! It came in at #3,733, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1947–1955, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Demetrious is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Demetrious in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Demetrious
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 1,947 spots since 2020 (#6,296 → #8,243)
Rise & fade · boys
24 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1947
- Peaked 1971 at #1,352 (39 births)
- Births halved by 1978, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 34,243
- Highest: 1 in 34,243 boys born in 1991 were named Demetrious (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,352 in 1971, was only 1 in 45,345 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 23.2% of all boys named Demetrious (410) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #3,733 (1947) | #3,733 |
| 1950s | 35 | #2,530 (1959) | #3,367 |
| 1960s | 152 | #1,650 (1968) | #2,271 |
| 1970s | 309 | #1,352 (1971) | #1,700 |
| 1980s | 325 | #1,645 (1986) | #1,884 |
| 1990s | 410 | #1,482 (1991) | #2,125 |
| 2000s | 292 | #2,864 (2001) | #3,380 |
| 2010s | 165 | #3,695 (2011) | #5,821 |
| 2020s | 73 | #5,443 (2024) | #7,072 |
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.
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