Demetria
Demetria was given to 24 girls in 2025, #5,284 among girls’ names; 11,101 Americans have been recorded with it since 1914 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 10,300 Americans named Demetria and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (93% of everyone recorded); the median is 45 years old and half are between 33 and 54.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Demetria by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Demetria mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Demetria is “a female given name, masculine equivalent Demetrius; diminutive form Demi.”
/dɪˈmiːtɹiə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Demetria?
#5,284 among girls’ names, 2025
Demetria fell from #3,189 in 2015 to #5,284 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 29.1 to 14.9 per million.
382 babies in 1974, the peak
Demetria peaked in 1974, when 382 babies were given it (371 girls, #479 among girls’ names). The 24 births of 2025 are 6% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,284 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,338 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,610 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,354 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 27 | #4,870 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 25 | #5,046 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 46 | #3,406 | 0.03 |
| 2018 | 51 | #3,169 | 0.03 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,865 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 33 | #4,365 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (107)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 52 | #3,189 | 0.03 |
| 2014 | 53 | #3,118 | 0.03 |
| 2013 | 55 | #3,015 | 0.03 |
| 2012 | 52 | #3,178 | 0.03 |
| 2011 | 59 | #2,917 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 68 | #2,651 | 0.04 |
| 2009 | 56 | #3,055 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 73 | #2,560 | 0.04 |
| 2007 | 70 | #2,621 | 0.04 |
| 2006 | 87 | #2,212 | 0.05 |
| 2005 | 84 | #2,188 | 0.05 |
| 2004 | 82 | #2,177 | 0.04 |
| 2003 | 106 | #1,777 | 0.06 |
| 2002 | 91 | #1,938 | 0.05 |
| 2001 | 102 | #1,751 | 0.06 |
| 2000 | 121 | #1,510 | 0.07 |
| 1999 | 137 | #1,315 | 0.08 |
| 1998 | 162 | #1,161 | 0.09 |
| 1997 | 130 | #1,326 | 0.07 |
| 1996 | 187 | #1,004 | 0.11 |
| 1995 | 184 | #1,004 | 0.10 |
| 1994 | 158 | #1,130 | 0.09 |
| 1993 | 194 | #969 | 0.11 |
| 1992 | 223 | #884 | 0.12 |
| 1991 | 249 | #823 | 0.13 |
| 1990 | 219 | #884 | 0.12 |
| 1989 | 250 | #774 | 0.14 |
| 1988 | 237 | #791 | 0.13 |
| 1987 | 190 | #888 | 0.11 |
| 1986 | 206 | #815 | 0.12 |
| 1985 | 180 | #887 | 0.10 |
| 1984 | 191 | #823 | 0.11 |
| 1983 | 209 | #765 | 0.13 |
| 1982 | 222 | #750 | 0.13 |
| 1981 | 245 | #695 | 0.15 |
| 1980 | 284 | #642 | 0.17 |
| 1979 | 328 | #560 | 0.20 |
| 1978 | 281 | #609 | 0.18 |
| 1977 | 311 | #565 | 0.20 |
| 1976 | 267 | #601 | 0.18 |
| 1975 | 354 | #504 | 0.24 |
| 1974 | 371 | #479 | 0.25 |
| 1973 | 370 | #485 | 0.25 |
| 1972 | 336 | #512 | 0.22 |
| 1971 | 361 | #514 | 0.22 |
| 1970 | 294 | #597 | 0.17 |
| 1969 | 261 | #616 | 0.15 |
| 1968 | 192 | #703 | 0.12 |
| 1967 | 171 | #753 | 0.10 |
| 1966 | 140 | #843 | 0.08 |
| 1965 | 120 | #924 | 0.07 |
| 1964 | 114 | #1,002 | 0.06 |
| 1963 | 102 | #1,067 | 0.05 |
| 1962 | 95 | #1,115 | 0.05 |
| 1961 | 102 | #1,085 | 0.05 |
| 1960 | 71 | #1,302 | 0.04 |
| 1959 | 72 | #1,261 | 0.04 |
| 1958 | 60 | #1,364 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 50 | #1,509 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 51 | #1,490 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 48 | #1,469 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 36 | #1,709 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 27 | #1,979 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 32 | #1,749 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 40 | #1,484 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 27 | #1,842 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 24 | #1,972 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,860 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,294 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,639 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,958 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,982 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,888 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 10 | #3,034 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,068 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,541 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,990 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,915 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,850 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,535 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,432 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 6 | #4,004 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 9 | #3,033 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,416 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 19 | #1,971 | 0.02 |
| 1927 | 15 | #2,358 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,737 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,432 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,460 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,429 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,440 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,600 | under 0.01 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,382 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,304 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,216 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,444 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,700 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Demetria a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 11,101 Americans recorded as Demetria, 99% are girls and 1% boys. In 2025 it went to 24 girls; SSA lists no boys with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Demetria: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Demetria, and how old are they?
10,300 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 93% of the 11,101 Americans ever recorded as Demetria. The median Demetria alive today is 45 years old; half are between 33 and 54.
The 2020 Census counted 9,313 people named Demetria (9,206 women and girls, 107 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 10,366 born in the U.S. The Census count is 10% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 40 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 808 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 4,210 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 3,310 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,460 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 462 |
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 Demetria born?
The states with the most babies named Demetria are Texas, Georgia and Florida, with 31% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1,150 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Georgia | 754 | not ranked | 2.5× |
| Florida | 586 | #2,243 | 1.4× |
| California | 580 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Tennessee | 572 | not ranked | 2.4× |
| Illinois | 540 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Louisiana | 457 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| North Carolina | 384 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Mississippi | 362 | not ranked | 2.6× |
| New York | 332 | not ranked | 0.4× |
Where Demetria is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Demetria is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1914 it was given 2.6 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 Demetria 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, Demetria is the most given (67% of them). In 2025 it was given to 24 of their 37 babies (65%), again the 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 Demetria
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 Demetria and names like it
- Compare Demetria and DemetraBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sDemetria peaked in 1974.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Demetria since 1910.
- The top names of 1974The year the most babies were named Demetria.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Demetria alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with DMost given first.