How rare is the name Demarco?

3,836 people in the United States have the first name Demarco, about 1 in 78,736. It ranks #4,734 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

DEMARCO

#4,734

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,836
About
1 in 78,736
This common or more
84.4%
Who bears it

Of the 3,836 people named Demarco, 82% reported their origin as Black, 8.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.4% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Demarco peaked in 1998, when 194 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19552025
Peak year
1998
Births that year
194
In 2025*
19 ▼90%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,562 babies have been given the name since 1955. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Demarco by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,918. The largest share of babies named Demarco, 36.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1950s#10,80220
1960s#6,51099
1970s#2,686582
1980s#2,238957
1990s#1,9181,672
2000s#2,8811,223
2010s#4,113795
2020s#7,067214
Baby boom 1946–641%
Generation X 1965–8013.2%
Millennials 1981–9636%
Generation Z 1997–1236.9%
2013 and later12.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Demarco is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Demarco has been most common in District of Columbia (6.1×), Michigan (4.4×), and Georgia (3.7×), and least common in New York (0.11×).

3,463 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Demarco

2 other first names also have 3,836 people.

#4,734 Britta · 3,836#4,734 Sister · 3,836

Either side of Demarco

#4,733 Lucky · 3,838#4,734 Britta · 3,836#4,734 Sister · 3,836#4,737 Aram · 3,834

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Demarco, most common first.

#2,538 Demarcus · 9,564#11,985 Demaris · 1,053#21,417 Demarko · 474#51,981 Demarus · 110

Also a last name

As a last name, Demarco ranks #2,550 of 156,621, with 13,816 people. See Demarco as a last name

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