Boys' name · since 1918
Demetrios
Since 1918, U.S. Social Security records show 2,770 babies named Demetrios, peaking in 1974. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #2,675 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,646 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,770
- born since 1918
- 1970s
- peak decade
Yes -- Demetrios is the #5646 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 2,770 recorded since 1918.
Demetrios has 2,770 recorded births among boys since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5646 as of the latest data, more common than 59% of boys, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 2025.
- #2,675 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,646 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 2,770 born since 1918
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Demetrios ranks #2,675 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,646 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 2,770 born since 1918, peaking in the 1970s.
- #2,675 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,646 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,770
- born since 1918
- 1970s
- peak decade
Demetrios's 2,770 recorded births place it above 94.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Demetrios compares
2,770 Top 18% higher than 82% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Demetrios's all-time total is 8x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Demetrios | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,770 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 77 | 34 | 22,252 |
Demetrios's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Demetrios splits its recorded history at 1980: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1918 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1974 peak of 77 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Demetrios popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2025
- Peak year (1974)
- 77
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Demetrios by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (620 births, 22% of the file).
1970s was Demetrios's strongest decade.
620 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Demetrios births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 10
1910s
10 births
- 1920s 33
1920s
33 births
- 1930s 35
1930s
35 births
- 1940s 33
1940s
33 births
- 1950s 93
1950s
93 births
- 1960s
1960s
349 births
- 1970s
1970s
620 births
- 1980s
1980s
410 births
- 1990s
1990s
390 births
- 2000s
2000s
431 births
- 2010s
2010s
272 births
- 2020s 94
2020s
94 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 620 births (22% of all-time use).
How Demetrios compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Demetrios's total volume
Demetrios by state
Where Demetrios concentrates geographically, total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 595 | 21.5% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 247 | 8.9% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 81 | 2.9% |
| #4 | Massachusetts | | 68 | 2.5% |
| #5 | California | | 62 | 2.2% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 22 | 0.8% |
| #7 | Florida | | 10 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Connecticut | | 5 | 0.2% |
595 of 2,770 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Demetrios appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Demetrios's data
- Demetrios's decade-level peak was the 1970s (620 total births); usage has since declined to 94 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Demetrioss (595 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Demetrios: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1974)
Similar record span (~107 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, 1918–2025 (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 Demetrios 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.