Demian — #2340 US boys' name
2,051 babies named Demian in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 84% of names given to boys today.
27% of everyone ever named Demian was born in this single decade.
90 babies were named Demian in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Demian
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,051 babies named Demian between 1966 and 2024, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Demian currently holds the #2340 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 90 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Demian performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 564 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Demian shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 466 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Demian in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Demian 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 2,051 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.
Demian at a glance
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Current rank
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Demian popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1966
- Peak year (2007)
- 90
- Annual births at peak — across 59 years of records
Currently ranks #2340 among boys.
2,051 total births across 59 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 90 births in a single year.
Demian popularity over time — girls
14 total births recorded since 1969 (Demian as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Demian accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Demian by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 564 births that decade — 27% of Demian's all-time total
Demian decade highlights
- Peak decade 564 births
- Runner-up 520 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Demian's strongest decade
564 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Demian by state
Where Demian concentrates geographically — total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 466 | 22.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 289 | 14.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 66 | 3.2% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 40 | 2.0% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 29 | 1.4% |
| #6 | Florida | | 19 | 0.9% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 11 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 0.3% |
466 of 2,051 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 22.7% of nationwide
- Texas 14.1% of nationwide
- New York 3.2% of nationwide
- Arizona 2.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 10 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 22.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Demian appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1966–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.