NameTides

Demetrius

Demetrius was the #1,227 boys' name in the US in 2025 (164 babies), and #3,684 in England & Wales and #2,789 in Canada.

Demetrius as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Demetrius as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Demetrius as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#1,227 (164)#3,684 (5)#2,789 (6)
2024#1,042 (213)—#2,439 (7)
2023#890 (261)#2,814 (7)#2,614 (6)
2022#982 (229)#2,321 (9)#2,052 (8)
2021#831 (286)——
2020#856 (266)—#2,197 (7)
2019#808 (283)#3,937 (4)#1,835 (9)
2018#700 (346)#2,445 (8)#2,403 (6)
2017#734 (325)—#1,308 (15)
2016#733 (333)—#1,423 (13)
2015#679 (374)#4,747 (3)#1,816 (9)
2014#690 (362)—#1,311 (14)
2013#597 (425)#3,822 (4)#1,312 (14)
2012#616 (396)—#1,971 (8)
2011#580 (432)—#2,125 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1991 at #259.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1912.

How common is it?

about 1 in 10,000 baby boys 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
USBoys2025about 1 in 10,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 56,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 26,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Demetrius is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 11,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 8,300 to 1 in 14,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Demetrius by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #601MINew York: #1,297NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,015OHPennsylvania: #913PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,438CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: #743SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: #522MSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #710GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,555TXFlorida: #1,009FL
Demetrius (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DemetriusCanadaBoys#2,7896
DemetriusEngland & WalesBoys#3,6845
DemetriusUSGirls—too few
DemetriusUSBoys#1,227164