Dema — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dema

The Social Security Administration has registered 844 babies named Dema between 1888 and 2023, spanning 136 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dema currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dema performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 149 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Dema shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Oklahoma, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dema in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dema in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 844 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.