Demetrius
Demetrius was given to 164 boys in 2025, #1,229 among boys’ names; 37,791 Americans have been recorded with it since 1912 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 35,400 Americans named Demetrius and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (94% of everyone recorded); the median is 35 years old and half are between 23 and 47.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Demetrius by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Demetrius mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Demetrius is “a male given name from Ancient Greek.” Its etymology gives the senses “belonging to Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr), the earth goddess” (literally) and “earth” (γῆ) and “mother” (μήτηρ).
From Ancient Greek Δημήτριος (Dēmḗtrios, literally “belonging to Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr), the earth goddess”); from Δή (Dḗ), an early form of γῆ (gê, “earth”) + μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”). Doublet of Dimitris and Dmitry.
/dəˈmiː.tɹi.əs/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Demetrius?
#1,229 among boys’ names, 2025
Demetrius fell from #679 in 2015 to #1,229 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.20 to 0.10 per 1,000.
1,079 babies in 1991, the peak
Demetrius peaked in 1991, when 1,079 babies were given it (1,052 boys, #259 among boys’ names). The 164 births of 2025 are 15% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 164 | #1,229 | 0.10 |
| 2024 | 213 | #1,042 | 0.12 |
| 2023 | 261 | #890 | 0.15 |
| 2022 | 229 | #985 | 0.13 |
| 2021 | 286 | #831 | 0.16 |
| 2020 | 266 | #856 | 0.15 |
| 2019 | 283 | #808 | 0.16 |
| 2018 | 346 | #700 | 0.19 |
| 2017 | 325 | #734 | 0.18 |
| 2016 | 333 | #734 | 0.18 |
Every recorded year (97)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 374 | #679 | 0.20 |
| 2014 | 362 | #690 | 0.19 |
| 2013 | 425 | #597 | 0.22 |
| 2012 | 396 | #616 | 0.21 |
| 2011 | 432 | #580 | 0.23 |
| 2010 | 501 | #514 | 0.26 |
| 2009 | 484 | #545 | 0.24 |
| 2008 | 523 | #520 | 0.26 |
| 2007 | 541 | #491 | 0.26 |
| 2006 | 628 | #436 | 0.31 |
| 2005 | 496 | #500 | 0.25 |
| 2004 | 593 | #438 | 0.30 |
| 2003 | 554 | #455 | 0.28 |
| 2002 | 584 | #421 | 0.30 |
| 2001 | 673 | #385 | 0.35 |
| 2000 | 679 | #384 | 0.35 |
| 1999 | 650 | #392 | 0.34 |
| 1998 | 670 | #377 | 0.35 |
| 1997 | 679 | #364 | 0.36 |
| 1996 | 759 | #338 | 0.40 |
| 1995 | 855 | #310 | 0.45 |
| 1994 | 894 | #301 | 0.46 |
| 1993 | 942 | #295 | 0.48 |
| 1992 | 1,022 | #280 | 0.51 |
| 1991 | 1,052 | #259 | 0.52 |
| 1990 | 867 | #291 | 0.42 |
| 1989 | 885 | #281 | 0.44 |
| 1988 | 789 | #292 | 0.41 |
| 1987 | 746 | #288 | 0.40 |
| 1986 | 764 | #277 | 0.41 |
| 1985 | 656 | #311 | 0.35 |
| 1984 | 621 | #314 | 0.34 |
| 1983 | 689 | #292 | 0.38 |
| 1982 | 627 | #314 | 0.35 |
| 1981 | 716 | #286 | 0.40 |
| 1980 | 694 | #294 | 0.39 |
| 1979 | 735 | #278 | 0.43 |
| 1978 | 659 | #290 | 0.40 |
| 1977 | 676 | #290 | 0.41 |
| 1976 | 656 | #286 | 0.42 |
| 1975 | 636 | #299 | 0.41 |
| 1974 | 680 | #275 | 0.43 |
| 1973 | 653 | #281 | 0.42 |
| 1972 | 597 | #305 | 0.37 |
| 1971 | 542 | #339 | 0.31 |
| 1970 | 466 | #375 | 0.25 |
| 1969 | 448 | #369 | 0.25 |
| 1968 | 397 | #391 | 0.23 |
| 1967 | 385 | #384 | 0.22 |
| 1966 | 264 | #472 | 0.15 |
| 1965 | 289 | #456 | 0.16 |
| 1964 | 212 | #540 | 0.11 |
| 1963 | 188 | #575 | 0.09 |
| 1962 | 189 | #570 | 0.09 |
| 1961 | 101 | #768 | 0.05 |
| 1960 | 79 | #853 | 0.04 |
| 1959 | 75 | #889 | 0.04 |
| 1958 | 71 | #896 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 79 | #846 | 0.04 |
| 1956 | 65 | #926 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 71 | #876 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 69 | #888 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 31 | #1,363 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 13 | #2,174 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 11 | #2,407 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 22 | #1,579 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,146 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 16 | #1,894 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 17 | #1,867 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 11 | #2,306 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,284 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,929 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,225 | under 0.01 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,025 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,899 | under 0.01 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,365 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,341 | under 0.01 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,811 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,487 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,324 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,454 | under 0.01 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,667 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,174 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,450 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,056 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,488 | 0.01 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,345 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Demetrius a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 37,791 Americans recorded as Demetrius, 5% are girls and 95% boys. In 2025 it went to 164 boys; SSA lists no girls 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 Demetrius: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Demetrius, and how old are they?
35,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 94% of the 37,791 Americans ever recorded as Demetrius. The median Demetrius alive today is 35 years old; half are between 23 and 47.
The 2020 Census counted 26,043 people named Demetrius (1,196 women and girls, 24,847 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 34,718 born in the U.S. The Census count is 25% 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 | 11 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,190 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 8,670 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 12,800 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 8,970 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,840 |
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 Demetrius born?
The states with the most babies named Demetrius are Georgia, Florida and Michigan, with 39% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 13 | #722 | 2.6× |
| Florida | 13 | #1,022 | 1.6× |
| Michigan | 13 | #609 | 1.6× |
| California | 12 | #1,458 | 0.5× |
| Texas | 11 | #1,580 | 0.5× |
| New York | 8 | #1,329 | 0.7× |
| Pennsylvania | 8 | #937 | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 7 | #1,042 | 1.3× |
| South Carolina | 5 | #772 | 2.0× |
| Tennessee | 5 | #1,072 | 1.2× |
Where Demetrius is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Demetrius is most over-represented in Alabama: since 1912 it was given 3.2 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 boys’ 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 Demetrius 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 8 names spelled alike, given to 49,585 babies since 1880, Demetrius is the most given (76% of them). In 2025 it was given to 164 of their 203 babies (81%), 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 Demetrius
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 Demetrius and names like it
- Compare Demetrius and DemetrisBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sDemetrius peaked in 1991.
- Illinois’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Demetrius since 1910.
- Ancient Greek namesWiktionary’s origin for Demetrius: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1991The year the most babies were named Demetrius.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Demetrius alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with DMost given first.