Demetra
Demetra was given to 7 girls in 2025, #12,224 among girls’ names; 4,217 Americans have been recorded with it since 1912 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,440 Americans named Demetra and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (82% of everyone recorded); the median is 51 years old and half are between 38 and 60.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Demetra by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Demetra mean?
Wiktionary, Italian section
Demetra is “a female given name from Ancient Greek”
From Ancient Greek Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr).
Meaning: Wiktionary, Italian section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Demetra?
#12,224 among girls’ names, 2025
Demetra fell from #11,129 in 2015 to #12,224 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 5.0 to 4.4 per million.
133 babies in 1975, the peak
Demetra peaked in 1975, when 133 babies were given it (127 girls, #975 among girls’ names). The 7 births of 2025 are 5% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #12,224 | 4.4 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,496 | 4.3 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,865 | 3.7 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,463 | 4.9 |
| 2021 | 11 | #9,118 | 6.7 |
| 2020 | 11 | #9,091 | 6.8 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,913 | 6.0 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,326 | 6.5 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,407 | 7.5 |
| 2016 | 14 | #8,101 | 7.9 |
Every recorded year (114)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9 | #11,129 | 5.0 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,785 | 10.1 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,707 | 7.4 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,891 | 6.2 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,894 | 6.3 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,986 | 10.1 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,429 | 9.3 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,841 | 8.5 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,626 | 10.4 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,426 | 10.5 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,868 | 11.4 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,862 | 9.3 |
| 2003 | 25 | #4,977 | 13.7 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,938 | 13.4 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,051 | 12.8 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,355 | 11.6 |
| 1999 | 32 | #3,731 | 18.0 |
| 1998 | 31 | #3,746 | 17.5 |
| 1997 | 40 | #2,987 | 23.0 |
| 1996 | 38 | #3,100 | 21.7 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,511 | 17.6 |
| 1994 | 44 | #2,758 | 24.6 |
| 1993 | 41 | #2,888 | 22.7 |
| 1992 | 47 | #2,616 | 25.5 |
| 1991 | 52 | #2,421 | 27.7 |
| 1990 | 44 | #2,651 | 23.2 |
| 1989 | 40 | #2,770 | 21.7 |
| 1988 | 54 | #2,130 | 30.3 |
| 1987 | 45 | #2,334 | 25.9 |
| 1986 | 55 | #1,983 | 32.1 |
| 1985 | 56 | #1,950 | 32.5 |
| 1984 | 52 | #1,967 | 30.9 |
| 1983 | 53 | #1,933 | 31.7 |
| 1982 | 63 | #1,758 | 37.2 |
| 1981 | 64 | #1,757 | 38.4 |
| 1980 | 89 | #1,400 | 53.6 |
| 1979 | 90 | #1,367 | 56.1 |
| 1978 | 81 | #1,426 | 52.9 |
| 1977 | 99 | #1,226 | 64.6 |
| 1976 | 111 | #1,094 | 75.8 |
| 1975 | 127 | #975 | 87.1 |
| 1974 | 105 | #1,109 | 71.5 |
| 1973 | 100 | #1,122 | 68.6 |
| 1972 | 91 | #1,185 | 59.8 |
| 1971 | 90 | #1,239 | 54.1 |
| 1970 | 105 | #1,119 | 60.1 |
| 1969 | 110 | #1,043 | 65.2 |
| 1968 | 121 | #941 | 73.8 |
| 1967 | 97 | #1,047 | 58.8 |
| 1966 | 125 | #900 | 73.9 |
| 1965 | 89 | #1,123 | 50.4 |
| 1964 | 86 | #1,191 | 45.4 |
| 1963 | 77 | #1,252 | 39.9 |
| 1962 | 66 | #1,363 | 33.6 |
| 1961 | 57 | #1,482 | 28.2 |
| 1960 | 42 | #1,749 | 20.8 |
| 1959 | 39 | #1,766 | 19.3 |
| 1958 | 41 | #1,681 | 20.4 |
| 1957 | 37 | #1,788 | 18.1 |
| 1956 | 44 | #1,600 | 21.9 |
| 1955 | 36 | #1,742 | 18.4 |
| 1954 | 30 | #1,913 | 15.4 |
| 1953 | 32 | #1,760 | 17.0 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,948 | 7.5 |
| 1951 | 21 | #2,194 | 11.7 |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,099 | 7.0 |
| 1949 | 23 | #2,024 | 13.4 |
| 1948 | 31 | #1,678 | 18.3 |
| 1947 | 22 | #2,097 | 12.4 |
| 1946 | 19 | #2,175 | 12.1 |
| 1945 | 14 | #2,364 | 10.7 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,977 | 14.3 |
| 1943 | 16 | #2,275 | 11.5 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,874 | 15.5 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,758 | 17.4 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,327 | 11.4 |
| 1939 | 16 | #2,059 | 14.6 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,888 | 16.3 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,938 | 16.0 |
| 1936 | 15 | #2,060 | 14.4 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,800 | 18.1 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,452 | 11.5 |
| 1933 | 21 | #1,666 | 20.8 |
| 1932 | 27 | #1,460 | 25.3 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,962 | 16.0 |
| 1930 | 22 | #1,713 | 19.5 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,464 | 11.6 |
| 1928 | 22 | #1,796 | 19.1 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,952 | 16.8 |
| 1926 | 32 | #1,422 | 27.0 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,401 | 12.3 |
| 1924 | 19 | #2,071 | 15.2 |
| 1923 | 24 | #1,743 | 19.9 |
| 1922 | 20 | #1,970 | 16.7 |
| 1921 | 18 | #2,143 | 14.6 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,298 | 13.4 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,543 | 7.1 |
| 1918 | 17 | #2,125 | 14.7 |
| 1917 | 15 | #2,224 | 13.9 |
| 1916 | 19 | #1,819 | 18.2 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,286 | 13.2 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,699 | 10.5 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,294 | 8.0 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,877 | 17.9 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Demetra a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Demetra has been given almost only to girls: 12 boys in 114 years of records.
Girls and boys named Demetra: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Demetra, and how old are they?
3,440 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 82% of the 4,217 Americans ever recorded as Demetra. The median Demetra alive today is 51 years old; half are between 38 and 60.
The 2020 Census counted 3,295 people named Demetra (3,270 women and girls, 25 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,548 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 93 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 588 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,520 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 756 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 343 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 137 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Demetra born?
The states with the most babies named Demetra are Texas, Illinois and New York, with 59% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 388 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Illinois | 288 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| New York | 246 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| California | 148 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Louisiana | 116 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Mississippi | 63 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Georgia | 44 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Massachusetts | 44 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Tennessee | 44 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Alabama | 41 | not ranked | 0.5× |
Where Demetra is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Demetra is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1912 it was given 1.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Demetra with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 16,568 babies since 1880, Demetra is the second most given (25% of them). In 2025 it was given to 7 of their 37 babies (19%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Demetra
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Demetra and names like it
- Compare Demetra and DemetriaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sDemetra peaked in 1975.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Demetra since 1910.
- Ancient Greek namesWiktionary’s origin for Demetra: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1975The year the most babies were named Demetra.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Demetra alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with DMost given first.