Boys' name · since 1976
Demonta
755 babies named Demonta in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,121 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,915 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 755
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Demonta is the #6915 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 755 recorded since 1976.
Demonta has 755 recorded births among boys since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6915 as of the latest data, more common than 50% of boys, 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 1976 to 2025.
- #6,121 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,915 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 755 born since 1976
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Demonta ranks #6,121 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,915 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 755 born since 1976, peaking in the 1990s.
- #6,121 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,915 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 755
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Demonta's 755 recorded births place it above 86.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Georgia.
How Demonta compares
755 Top 36% higher than 64% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Demonta's all-time total is 105% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Demonta | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 755 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 43 | 34 | 22,252 |
Demonta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Demonta's full recorded timeline at 2000, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 43 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Demonta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 43
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Demonta by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (305 births, 40% of the file).
1990s was Demonta's strongest decade.
305 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Demonta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 89
1980s
89 births
- 1990s
1990s
305 births
- 2000s
2000s
240 births
- 2010s 83
2010s
83 births
- 2020s 28
2020s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 305 births (40% of all-time use).
How Demonta compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Demonta's total volume
Demonta by state
Where Demonta concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 63 | 8.3% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 27 | 3.6% |
| #3 | Mississippi | | 13 | 1.7% |
| #4 | South Carolina | | 6 | 0.8% |
| #5 | Alabama | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.7% |
63 of 755 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Demonta's data
- Demonta's decade-level peak was the 1990s (305 total births); usage has since declined to 28 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Demontas (63 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
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 Demonta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1976–2025 (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 Demonta 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.