Girls' name · since 1995
Demaya
Since 1995, U.S. Social Security records show 290 babies named Demaya, peaking in 2006. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,201 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,826 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 290
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Demaya currently ranks #13826 among girls' names in America, with 290 babies recorded since 1995.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Demaya has been recorded 290 times among girls since 1995, currently ranked #13826 nationally and more common than 20% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.
- #16,201 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,826 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 290 born since 1995
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Demaya ranks #16,201 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,826 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 290 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,201 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,826 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 290
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Demaya's 290 recorded births place it above 77.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Demaya compares
290 44th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Demaya's all-time total is 23% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Demaya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 290 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Demaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Demaya splits its recorded history at 2010: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1995 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Demaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Demaya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (123 births, 42% of the file).
2000s was Demaya's strongest decade.
123 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Demaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 33
1990s
33 births
- 2000s
2000s
123 births
- 2010s
2010s
102 births
- 2020s 32
2020s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 123 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Demaya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (123 total births); usage has since declined to 32 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Demaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1995–2025 (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 Demaya 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.