Demelza

Demelza was the #13,208 girls' name in the US in 2025 (6 babies), and #2,605 in England & Wales.

Demelza as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
Demelza as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Demelza as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIreland
2025#13,208 (6)#2,605 (10)——
2024—#3,319 (7)——
2023—#1,959 (14)——
2022#12,243 (7)#1,685 (17)——
2021#12,206 (7)#2,341 (11)——
2020#12,142 (7)#1,846 (15)——
2019#13,799 (6)#1,782 (16)——
2018#15,682 (5)#2,187 (12)——
2017—#1,995 (14)——
2016—#2,120 (13)——
2015—#2,496 (10)——
2014—#4,003 (5)——
2013—#5,742 (3)——
2012—#5,876 (3)——
2011—#5,785 (3)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1978 at #8,562.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1978.

How common is it?

about 1 in 250,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 250,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 26,000rare