Demita — girls' name
275 babies named Demita in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
49% of everyone ever named Demita was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Demita in 1961 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Demita
The Social Security Administration has registered 275 babies named Demita between 1960 and 1990, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Demita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Demita performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 135 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Demita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Indiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Demita in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Demita 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 275 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.
Demita at a glance
Last recorded 1990Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Demita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1960
- Peak year (1961)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1990.
275 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1961 with 23 births in a single year.
Demita by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 135 births that decade — 49% of Demita's all-time total
Demita decade highlights
- Peak decade 135 births
- Runner-up 79 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Demita's strongest decade
135 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Demita by state
Where Demita concentrates geographically — total births since 1960
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Indiana | | 5 | 1.8% |
5 of 275 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Indiana 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Indiana accounts for 1.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1960–1990 (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.