Girls' name · since 1996
Demiah
Demiah has 271 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2003 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,807 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 271
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
271 girls have been named Demiah since 1996, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Demiah has 271 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2023.
- #16,807 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 271 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Demiah ranks #16,807 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 271 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,807 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 271
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Demiah's 271 recorded births place it above 76.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Demiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Demiah's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1996, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2003 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Demiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2023
- Peak year (2003)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2023.
271 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 18 births in a single year.
Demiah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (114 births, 42% of the file).
2000s was Demiah's strongest decade.
114 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Demiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 114 births (42% of all-time use).
Demiah decade highlights
- Peak decade 114 births
- Runner-up 101 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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- Demiah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (114 total births); usage has since declined to 34 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Demiah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1996–2023 (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 Demiah 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.
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