Girls' name · since 1974
Demekia
31 babies named Demekia in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #40,484 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 31
- born since 1974
- 1970s
- peak decade
Demekia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 31 have been recorded since 1974.
Demekia has 31 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 1983.
- #40,484 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 31 born since 1974
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Demekia ranks #40,484 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 31 born since 1974, peaking in the 1970s.
- #40,484 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 31
- born since 1974
- 1970s
- peak decade
Demekia's 31 recorded births place it above 43.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Demekia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Demekia's SSA record in two at 1978 and the more recent half accounts for 65% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 35%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1979 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Demekia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1983
- Peak year (1979)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Demekia by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (26 births, 84% of the file).
1970s was Demekia's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 84% of all-time use.
Demekia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
26 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 26 births (84% of all-time use).
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- Demekia's decade-level peak was the 1970s (26 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- 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 Demekia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~9 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, 1974–1983 (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 Demekia 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.