Demetres — boys' name
97 babies named Demetres in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
97 boys have been named Demetres since 1970, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1998.
- 97
- total births
- 1970–1998
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 46%
- born in that decade
46% of everyone ever named Demetres was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Demetres in 1975 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Demetres
The Social Security Administration has registered 97 babies named Demetres between 1970 and 1998, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Demetres currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Demetres is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 6 additional births since 1975.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Demetres performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Demetres shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Demetres 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 97 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.
Demetres at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Demetres popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1970
- Peak year (1975)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
97 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1975 with 8 births in a single year.
Demetres popularity over time — girls
6 total births recorded since 1975 (Demetres as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Demetres accounts for 6% of total recorded use across both genders.
Demetres by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 45 births that decade — 46% of Demetres's all-time total
Demetres decade highlights
- Peak decade 45 births
- Runner-up 26 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Demetres's strongest decade
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1970–1998 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.