Unisex name · since 1970
Demetres
Demetres has 97 recorded births since 1970 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1975 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,594 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 97
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
Demetres sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 97 recorded since 1970.
Social Security Administration records show Demetres recorded 97 times among boys since 1970, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 1998.
- #17,594 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 97 born since 1970
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Demetres ranks #17,594 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 97 born since 1970, peaking in the 1970s.
- #17,594 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 97
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
Demetres's 97 recorded births place it above 61.18% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Demetres's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Demetres's full recorded timeline at 1980, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1975 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Demetres popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–1998
- Peak year (1975)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Demetres popularity over time - girls
6 total births recorded since 1975 (Demetres as girls' name)
Demetres by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (45 births, 46% of the file).
1970s was Demetres's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Demetres births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
45 births
- 1980s
1980s
26 births
- 1990s
1990s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 45 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Demetres's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (45 total births) through the 1990s (26) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Demetres: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1970–1998 (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 Demetres 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.