Boys' name · since 1973
Demarlo
Demarlo has 216 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1982 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,479 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 216
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Demarlo sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 216 recorded since 1973.
Social Security Administration records show Demarlo recorded 216 times among boys since 1973, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2022.
- #12,479 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 216 born since 1973
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Demarlo ranks #12,479 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 216 born since 1973, peaking in the 1980s.
- #12,479 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 216
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Demarlo's 216 recorded births place it above 72.52% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Demarlo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Demarlo splits its recorded history at 1991: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1982 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Demarlo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2022
- Peak year (1982)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Demarlo by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (59 births, 27% of the file).
1980s was Demarlo's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Demarlo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
57 births
- 1980s
1980s
59 births
- 1990s
1990s
36 births
- 2000s
2000s
46 births
- 2010s 12
2010s
12 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 59 births (27% of all-time use).
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- Demarlo's decade-level peak was the 1980s (59 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar record span (~49 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, 1973–2022 (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 Demarlo 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.