Girls' name · since 1978
Demelza
50 babies named Demelza in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #34,981 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,594 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 50
- born since 1978
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Demelza is the #13594 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 50 recorded since 1978.
Social Security Administration records show Demelza recorded 50 times among girls since 1978, holding rank #13594 nationally today, ahead of 21% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2025.
- #34,981 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,594 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 50 born since 1978
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Demelza ranks #34,981 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,594 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 50 born since 1978, peaking in the 2020s.
- #34,981 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,594 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 50
- born since 1978
- 2020s
- peak decade
Demelza's 50 recorded births place it above 51.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Demelza compares
50 16th 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
Demelza's all-time total is 87% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Demelza | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 50 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 21 | 19,840 |
Demelza's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Demelza's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2018, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2020 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Demelza popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Demelza by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (27 births, 54% of the file).
2020s was Demelza's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Demelza births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
11 births
- 2020s
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 27 births (54% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Demelza: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1978–2025 (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 Demelza 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.