Demetra — #12179 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Demetra

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,197 babies named Demetra between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Demetra currently holds the #12179 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 127 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Demetra performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 998 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Demetra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 388 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Demetra in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Demetra in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,197 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.