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Names: D

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7,764 names starting with "D"

What the Data Says About Names Starting with D

The Social Security Administration's national baby-name archive contains 7,764 distinct names beginning with the letter D, out of roughly 104,000 total names tracked since 1880. On this page (sorted by name), the leading entry is Demariyon with 17 cumulative births. Within the 50 names on this page, 43 are classified as boys' names and 7 as girls' names in SSA records — reflecting the overall letter-level split for {letter}. Every name shown has appeared five or more times in at least one year of SSA data — rarer spellings fall below the disclosure threshold and are not included.

Of the 50 names displayed, 4 currently rank within SSA's annual top 1,000 for their gender — making them actively popular rather than historical-only entries. Combined, these 50 names represent 5,445 births across all years of the SSA archive. Letter-level patterns reveal broader naming conventions: some letters (J, M, S) dominate both boys' and girls' name distributions, while others (U, Y, Q, X, Z) are comparatively rare starting letters in English naming traditions. The distribution of names starting with D reflects both the English-language convention inherited from the Anglo-American majority and the steady contribution of international names (Spanish, Arabic, Asian, African origins) added to the U.S. naming pool over the past century.

All figures on this page derive from publicly released SSA baby-name files, which record the first name on every Social Security card application for U.S. births. Names are tracked by exact spelling, so homophones and near-variants (Sarah and Sara, Aiden and Ayden) count as separate entries; combining them would substantially change the ordering. Peak-year and rank data are drawn from the same SSA files and reflect name-year records with five or more occurrences. This listing is paginated in groups of 50 — across all letter-D names, there are 156 total pages at this sort order. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute naming, legal, or genealogical advice.

Showing 3,901–3,950 of 7,764

Sort by: Name (A–Z) Most Popular Current Rank
Name Gender Total Births
Demariyon Boy 17
Demark Boy 29
Demarkas Boy 6
Demarkio Boy 5
Demarkis Boy 117
Demarko Boy 696
Demarkus Boy 1,237
Demarlo Boy 216
Demaro Boy 5
Demarque Boy 5
Demarques Boy 254
Demarquez Boy 138
Demarquis Boy 454
Demarquise Boy 33
Demarqus Boy 63
Demarr Boy 105
Demarre Boy 33
Demarrea Boy 11
Demarreon Boy 5
Demarri Boy 97
Demarrie Boy 8
Demarrio Boy 198
Demarrion Boy 219
Demarrius Boy 70
Demartez Boy 5
Demarus Boy 65
Demaryius Boy 105
Demas Boy 5
Demaurea Boy 5
Demauri Boy 426
Demauria Boy 9
Demauria Girl 11
Demaurie Boy 6
Demaurio Boy 5
Demaurion Boy 80
Demaury Boy 26
Demaya Girl 290
Demazi Boy 17
Demba Boy 80
Dembe Boy 6
Demea Boy 12
Demea Girl 5
Demeatra Girl 5
Demeatrice Girl 41
Demeatrice Boy 18
Demeatrius Boy 5
Demeca Girl 11
Demecia Girl 84
Demecio Boy 26
Demeco Boy 76

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Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

Source: SSA Baby Names Methodology — names with fewer than 5 occurrences in a year are excluded for privacy.

Data sourced from official U.S. government datasets. See our methodology for details.