Demon

Where Demon comes from

From Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “ordinary citizens, common people from a district, in a city-state”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Demon
  • Ancient Greek
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1969
    First appearance
    #2,861 among boys, 10 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1974
    Peak, #1,471
    35 babies named Demon — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1983
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #3,071.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.