Demian

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Peak · boys
#919
1974 · 78 births
Debut · boys
1966
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,105
since 1966

Demian over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Demian has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank1960197019801990200020102020peak #919, 1974boys
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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—#2,48054
2024—#2,34560
2023—#2,31560
2022—#2,19166
2021—#2,97241
2020—#2,68946
2019—#2,69447
2018—#2,79643
2017—#2,63747
2016—#2,62647
2015—#2,91940
2014—#2,01770
2013—#2,00968
2012—#1,86378
2011—#2,12962
2010—#2,14462
2009—#2,25258
2008—#2,06267
2007—#1,68190
2006—#2,31054
2005—#2,49345
2004—#2,37647
2003—#2,84734
2002—#2,88232
2001—#3,06129
2000—#4,78515
1999—#4,53715
1998—#5,15912
1997—#4,96012
1996—#4,87812
1995—#6,9927
1994—#6,9687
1993—#5,7719
1992—#6,6707
1991—#8,2365
1990—#8,1175
1989—#6,9416
1988—#7,2705
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1985—#5,1477
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1983—#4,9077
1982—#3,10814
1981—#2,89815
1980—#2,96515
1979—#3,35712
1978—#1,79429
1977—#1,33546
1976—#1,16354
1975—#1,11457
1974—#91978
1973#6,6667#1,07457
1972—#1,13751
1971—#95872
1970—#1,01664
1969#5,9747#1,35135
1968—#2,03016
1967—#3,2317
1966—#3,9485
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First appearance
1966

The first year at least five boys were named Demian! It came in at #3,948, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1984, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Demian is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,280 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 9,910 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,471 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 35,095 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedHITexas: #1,483 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 14,588 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Demian, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Illinois#1,280 · 1 in 9,910
  2. Texas#1,483 · 1 in 14,588
  3. California#2,471 · 1 in 35,095

Best ever in a state: #319 in Oregon, 1970.

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Illinois#1,28051 in 9,910
Texas#1,483121 in 14,588
California#2,47151 in 35,095
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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.

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See more about Demian
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 135 spots since 2024 (#2,345 → #2,480)
  • 209 spots since 2020 (#2,689 → #2,480)
  • Biggest jump: 155 spots in 1974
  • Biggest drop: 195 spots in 1975
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1966
  • Peaked 1974 at #919 (78 births)
  • Births halved by 1978, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1971–1974
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,158
  • Highest: 1 in 20,158 boys born in 1974 were named Demian (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 31,631 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 26.8% of all boys named Demian (564) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s63#1,351 (1969)#2,640
1970s520#919 (1974)#1,387
1980s69#2,898 (1981)#4,748
1990s91#4,537 (1999)#6,229
2000s471#1,681 (2007)#2,675
2010s564#1,863 (2012)#2,383
2020s327#2,191 (2022)#2,499

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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