Boys' name · since 1968
Demario
Demario has 6,364 recorded births since 1968 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1989 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,539 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,690 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,364
- born since 1968
- 1980s
- peak decade
6,364 babies have been named Demario since 1968, making it today's #3690 boys' name.
Demario has 6,364 recorded births among boys since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3690 as of the latest data, more common than 74% of boys, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2025.
- #1,539 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,690 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 6,364 born since 1968
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Demario ranks #1,539 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,690 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 6,364 born since 1968, peaking in the 1980s.
- #1,539 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,690 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,364
- born since 1968
- 1980s
- peak decade
Demario's 6,364 recorded births place it above 96.61% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
22 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Georgia.
How Demario compares
6,364 Top 11% higher than 89% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Demario's all-time total is 17x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Demario | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,364 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 334 | 34 | 22,252 |
Demario's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Demario's SSA record in two at 1997 and the more recent half accounts for 39% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 61%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1968, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 1989 peak of 334, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Demario popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (1989)
- 334
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Demario popularity over time - girls
17 total births recorded since 1978 (Demario as girls' name)
Demario by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (2,224 births, 35% of the file).
1980s was Demario's strongest decade.
2,224 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Demario births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 13
1960s
13 births
- 1970s 481
1970s
481 births
- 1980s
1980s
2,224 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,453 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,095 births
- 2010s 818
2010s
818 births
- 2020s 280
2020s
280 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 2,224 births (35% of all-time use).
How Demario compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Demario's total volume
Demario by state
Where Demario concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 765 | 12.0% |
| #2 | Michigan | | 525 | 8.2% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 483 | 7.6% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 437 | 6.9% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 376 | 5.9% |
| #6 | Florida | | 284 | 4.5% |
| #7 | Mississippi | | 279 | 4.4% |
| #8 | California | | 248 | 3.9% |
765 of 6,364 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Demario appears in 22 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Demario's data
- Demario's decade-level peak was the 1980s (2,224 total births); usage has since declined to 280 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Demarios (765 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Demario: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~57 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1968–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Demario draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.