Demetrius
- Last seen for girls in 2004 at #14,179
- #1,227 for boys in 2025, 164 births
- Given to boys 95.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1991 · 1,052 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 36,064since 1912
Demetrius over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Demetrius has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | #1,227 | 164 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,042 | 213 | |
| 2023 | — | #890 | 261 | |
| 2022 | — | #982 | 229 | |
| 2021 | — | #831 | 286 | |
| 2020 | — | #856 | 266 | |
| 2019 | — | #808 | 283 | |
| 2018 | — | #700 | 346 | |
| 2017 | — | #734 | 325 | |
| 2016 | — | #733 | 333 | |
| 2015 | — | #679 | 374 | |
| 2014 | — | #690 | 362 | |
| 2013 | — | #597 | 425 | |
| 2012 | — | #616 | 396 | |
| 2011 | — | #580 | 432 | |
| 2010 | — | #513 | 501 | |
| 2009 | — | #545 | 484 | |
| 2008 | — | #520 | 523 | |
| 2007 | — | #491 | 541 | |
| 2006 | — | #436 | 628 | |
| 2005 | — | #499 | 496 | |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #438 | 593 |
| 2003 | — | #455 | 554 | |
| 2002 | — | #421 | 584 | |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | #385 | 673 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #384 | 679 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | #391 | 650 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | #377 | 670 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | #364 | 679 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | #338 | 759 |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 | #310 | 855 |
| 1994 | #5,016 | 19 | #301 | 894 |
| 1993 | #4,998 | 19 | #295 | 942 |
| 1992 | #4,236 | 24 | #280 | 1,022 |
| 1991 | #3,817 | 27 | #259 | 1,052 |
| 1990 | #4,380 | 22 | #291 | 867 |
| 1989 | #2,810 | 39 | #281 | 885 |
| 1988 | #2,489 | 43 | #292 | 789 |
| 1987 | #3,257 | 28 | #288 | 746 |
| 1986 | #2,116 | 50 | #277 | 764 |
| 1985 | #2,398 | 41 | #311 | 656 |
| 1984 | #2,625 | 35 | #314 | 621 |
| 1983 | #2,135 | 46 | #292 | 689 |
| 1982 | #2,220 | 45 | #314 | 627 |
| 1981 | #1,867 | 58 | #285 | 716 |
| 1980 | #1,833 | 59 | #294 | 694 |
| 1979 | #1,661 | 67 | #278 | 735 |
| 1978 | #1,653 | 64 | #289 | 659 |
| 1977 | #1,637 | 64 | #290 | 676 |
| 1976 | #1,343 | 80 | #286 | 656 |
| 1975 | #1,326 | 82 | #299 | 636 |
| 1974 | #1,386 | 74 | #275 | 680 |
| 1973 | #1,374 | 72 | #281 | 653 |
| 1972 | #1,414 | 69 | #305 | 597 |
| 1971 | #1,906 | 45 | #339 | 542 |
| 1970 | #2,307 | 33 | #374 | 466 |
| 1969 | #1,835 | 45 | #368 | 448 |
| 1968 | #1,909 | 39 | #391 | 397 |
| 1967 | #1,702 | 45 | #384 | 385 |
| 1966 | #2,249 | 28 | #472 | 264 |
| 1965 | #1,741 | 42 | #456 | 289 |
| 1964 | #1,803 | 42 | #539 | 212 |
| 1963 | #2,131 | 31 | #575 | 188 |
| 1962 | #1,607 | 49 | #570 | 189 |
| 1961 | #2,474 | 24 | #769 | 101 |
| 1960 | #2,904 | 18 | #852 | 79 |
| 1959 | #3,104 | 15 | #888 | 75 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | #892 | 71 |
| 1957 | #2,926 | 16 | #845 | 79 |
| 1956 | #3,048 | 15 | #924 | 65 |
| 1955 | #3,225 | 13 | #874 | 71 |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 | #887 | 69 |
| 1953 | — | #1,357 | 31 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,153 | 13 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,367 | 11 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,572 | 22 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,123 | 13 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,881 | 16 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,850 | 17 | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #2,271 | 11 |
| 1945 | — | #2,242 | 10 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,862 | 7 | |
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| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
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| 1935 | — | #2,951 | 7 | |
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| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,289 | 7 | |
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| 1927 | — | #4,210 | 5 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,408 | 7 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,260 | 8 | |
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| 1922 | — | #4,307 | 5 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,632 | 11 | |
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| 1919 | — | #3,115 | 8 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,368 | 7 | |
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| 1916 | — | #3,897 | 5 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,458 | 10 | |
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| 1912 | — | #2,269 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1912
The first year at least five boys were named Demetrius! It came in at #2,269, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1913–1914, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Demetrius is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Mississippi#522 · 1 in 2,167
- Michigan#601 · 1 in 3,092
- Georgia#710 · 1 in 3,863
- South Carolina#743 · 1 in 4,240
- Pennsylvania#913 · 1 in 6,532
Best ever in a state: #70 in Alabama, 1978.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #522 | 5 | 1 in 2,167 |
| Michigan | #601 | 13 | 1 in 3,092 |
| Georgia | #710 | 13 | 1 in 3,863 |
| South Carolina | #743 | 5 | 1 in 4,240 |
| Pennsylvania | #913 | 8 | 1 in 6,532 |
| Florida | #1,009 | 13 | 1 in 7,349 |
| Ohio | #1,015 | 7 | 1 in 7,505 |
| Tennessee | #1,040 | 5 | 1 in 7,354 |
| New York | #1,297 | 8 | 1 in 10,553 |
| California | #1,438 | 12 | 1 in 14,623 |
| Texas | #1,555 | 11 | 1 in 15,914 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Demetrius
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 371 spots since 2020 (#856 → #1,227)
- Biggest jump: 470 spots in 1954
- Biggest drop: 152 spots in 2024
Rise & fade · boys
79 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1991 at #259 (1,052 births)
- Births halved by 2005, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 70 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 70 yrs · run 1954–2023
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,920
- Highest: 1 in 1,920 boys born in 1991 were named Demetrius (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,415 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 23.3% of all boys named Demetrius (8,390) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 36 | #2,269 (1912) | #3,021 |
| 1920s | 42 | #2,632 (1921) | #3,588 |
| 1930s | 19 | #2,951 (1935) | #3,334 |
| 1940s | 80 | #1,850 (1947) | #2,337 |
| 1950s | 507 | #845 (1957) | #1,276 |
| 1960s | 2,552 | #368 (1969) | #538 |
| 1970s | 6,300 | #275 (1974) | #302 |
| 1980s | 7,187 | #277 (1986) | #295 |
| 1990s | 8,390 | #259 (1991) | #321 |
| 2000s | 5,755 | #384 (2000) | #457 |
| 2010s | 3,777 | #513 (2010) | #665 |
| 2020s | 1,419 | #831 (2021) | #971 |
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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