Demi

Demi was the #380 girls' name in the US in 2025 (804 babies), and #634 in England & Wales and #935 in Canada.

Demi as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Demi as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USIrelandEngland & WalesCanada
Demi as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#380 (804)#634 (61)——#413 (9)#935 (29)
2024#452 (694)#696 (54)#638 (4)—#441 (8)#1,077 (24)
2023#394 (778)#608 (62)#482 (6)#328 (4)#625 (5)#1,155 (21)
2022#402 (781)#550 (71)#625 (4)—#389 (10)#1,095 (23)
2021#366 (844)#469 (91)#316 (11)#298 (5)#299 (14)#997 (27)
2020#339 (914)#378 (116)#229 (16)#333 (4)#315 (13)#665 (43)
2019#387 (808)#371 (118)#376 (9)—#457 (8)#787 (36)
2018#396 (778)#431 (101)#415 (8)#361 (4)#436 (9)#1,301 (18)
2017#486 (641)#453 (97)#808 (3)#432 (3)#365 (11)#1,673 (13)
2016#565 (550)#369 (124)#453 (7)—#585 (6)#949 (28)
2015#601 (490)#325 (144)#281 (14)#426 (3)#276 (18)#2,011 (10)
2014#633 (452)#283 (169)#261 (17)#365 (4)#321 (15)#1,600 (14)
2013#732 (373)#233 (216)#194 (23)#370 (4)#304 (16)#1,305 (18)
2012#793 (337)#246 (206)#203 (22)#297 (6)#414 (11)#1,695 (13)
2011#820 (324)#213 (235)#197 (23)#224 (8)#437 (10)#2,899 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #339.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1964.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 4,100uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Demi is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,900 to 1 in 2,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Demi by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #586WAIdaho: #351IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #597MNIllinois: #215ILMichigan: #351MINew York: #533NYMassachusetts: #564MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #433NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #577INOhio: #371OHPennsylvania: #277PANew Jersey: #339NJConnecticut: #322CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #396CAUtah: #275UTColorado: #907CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #265MOKentucky: #443KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #541VAMaryland: #304MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #446AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #445KSArkansas: #301ARTennessee: #479TNNorth Carolina: #472NCSouth Carolina: #347SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #546OKLouisiana: #49LAMississippi: #163MSAlabama: #391ALGeorgia: #305GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #407TXFlorida: #329FL
Demi (girls) 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
DemiCanadaGirls#93529
DemiEngland & WalesGirls#63461
Demi-England & WalesGirls—too few
DemiIrelandGirls#4139
DemiNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
DemiScotlandGirls—too few
DemiUSGirls#380804
DemiUSBoys#9,7147