Boys' name · since 1971
Demetrous
Since 1971, U.S. Social Security records show 35 babies named Demetrous, peaking in 1990. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #24,663 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 35
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Demetrous is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 35 have been recorded since 1971.
Demetrous has 35 recorded births among boys since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 1993.
- #24,663 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 35 born since 1971
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Demetrous ranks #24,663 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 35 born since 1971, peaking in the 1990s.
- #24,663 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 35
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Demetrous's 35 recorded births place it above 45.39% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Demetrous's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Demetrous splits its recorded history at 1986: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1971 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Demetrous popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1993
- Peak year (1990)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Demetrous by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (13 births, 37% of the file).
1990s was Demetrous's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Demetrous births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 13 births (37% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Demetrous: 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 (~22 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, 1971–1993 (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 Demetrous 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.