Unisex name · since 1949
Demetris
Demetris has 2,613 recorded births since 1949 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,788 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,860 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,613
- born since 1949
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yes -- Demetris is the #10860 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 2,613 recorded since 1949.
Demetris has 2,613 recorded births among boys since 1949, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10860 as of the latest data, more common than 22% of boys, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 2025.
- #2,788 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,860 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 2,613 born since 1949
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Demetris ranks #2,788 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,860 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 2,613 born since 1949, peaking in the 1980s.
- #2,788 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,860 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,613
- born since 1949
- 1980s
- peak decade
Demetris's 2,613 recorded births place it above 93.86% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
18 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
How Demetris compares
2,613 Top 19% higher than 81% 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
Demetris's all-time total is 7x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Demetris | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,613 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 99 | 34 | 22,252 |
Demetris's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Demetris's SSA record in two at 1991 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1949, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 1990 peak of 99, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Demetris popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–2025
- Peak year (1990)
- 99
- Annual births at peak, across 77 years of records
Demetris popularity over time - girls
892 total births recorded since 1951 (Demetris as girls' name)
Demetris by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (661 births, 25% of the file).
1980s was Demetris's strongest decade.
661 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Demetris births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s 21
1950s
21 births
- 1960s 157
1960s
157 births
- 1970s
1970s
495 births
- 1980s
1980s
661 births
- 1990s
1990s
650 births
- 2000s
2000s
358 births
- 2010s 200
2010s
200 births
- 2020s 65
2020s
65 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 661 births (25% of all-time use).
How Demetris 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 Demetris's total volume
Demetris by state
Where Demetris concentrates geographically, total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 226 | 8.6% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 160 | 6.1% |
| #3 | Alabama | | 126 | 4.8% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 101 | 3.9% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 45 | 1.7% |
| #6 | California | | 42 | 1.6% |
| #7 | Texas | | 33 | 1.3% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 32 | 1.2% |
226 of 2,613 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Demetris appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Demetris's data
- Demetris's decade-level peak was the 1980s (661 total births); usage has since declined to 65 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Florida records the most Demetriss (226 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Demetris: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~76 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, 1949–2025 (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 Demetris 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.