NameTides

Demir

Demir was the #1,826 boys' name in the US in 2025 (87 babies), and #856 in England & Wales and #2,789 in Canada.

Demir as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Demir as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUSCanada
Demir as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#1,826 (87)#856 (37)—#2,789 (6)
2024#1,709 (97)#1,076 (27)—#2,710 (6)
2023#1,539 (114)#942 (32)——
2022#1,366 (137)#1,224 (22)——
2021#1,496 (119)#1,595 (15)——
2020#1,621 (99)#1,085 (25)—#2,746 (5)
2019#1,762 (88)#2,266 (9)—#1,998 (8)
2018#2,300 (58)#1,875 (12)—#2,740 (5)
2017#2,014 (70)#1,923 (12)—#2,198 (7)
2016#2,518 (50)#1,903 (12)#707 (3)#2,428 (6)
2015#2,429 (52)#1,786 (13)——
2014#2,705 (44)#1,819 (12)——
2013#2,364 (53)#1,539 (15)——
2012#2,954 (39)#3,039 (6)——
2011#3,235 (34)#2,892 (6)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #1,366.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1991.

How common is it?

about 1 in 20,000 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 20,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 7,400uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 26,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Demir is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 21,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 17,000 to 1 in 25,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Demir 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: #1,133ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew 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: #1,267OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,471CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: 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: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,277NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,350GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,908TXFlorida: #1,353FL
Demir (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
DemirCanadaBoys#2,7896
DemirEngland & WalesBoys#85637
DemirNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
DemirScotlandBoys—too few
DemirUSBoys#1,82687