Demetrius — #1039 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Demetrius

The Social Security Administration has registered 35,899 babies named Demetrius between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Demetrius currently holds the #1039 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 1,052 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Demetrius performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 8,390 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Demetrius shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 2,943 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Demetrius in 39 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Demetrius 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 35,899 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.