How rare is the name Demetri?

3,586 people in the United States have the first name Demetri, about 1 in 84,225. It ranks #4,953 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

DEMETRI

#4,953

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,586
About
1 in 84,225
This common or more
84.7%
Who bears it

Of the 3,586 people named Demetri, 41.6% reported their origin as Black, 35.5% as White and 13% as Hispanic or Latino. 94.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Demetri peaked in 1992, when 178 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19532025
Peak year
1992
Births that year
178
In 2025*
48 ▼73%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 4,269 babies have been given the name since 1953. 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.

Demetri by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #2,476. The largest share of babies named Demetri, 37.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1950s#8,44944
1960s#4,348202
1970s#4,112299
1980s#4,472335
1990s#2,4761,143
2000s#3,346993
2010s#3,876880
2020s#4,826373
Baby boom 1946–643.1%
Generation X 1965–8010%
Millennials 1981–9627.3%
Generation Z 1997–1237.5%
2013 and later22.1%

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 Demetri is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Demetri has been most common in Florida (3.7×), New York (2.2×), and California (2.1×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.61×).

1,733 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 Demetri

1 other first name also has 3,586 people.

#4,953 Denton · 3,586

Either side of Demetri

#4,951 Domenica · 3,589#4,952 Cailin · 3,587#4,953 Denton · 3,586#4,955 Aminah · 3,585

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,368 Demetrius · 26,043#2,581 Demetria · 9,313#3,878 Demetrio · 5,064#5,271 Demetra · 3,295#6,037 Demetrios · 2,717#6,503 Demetrice · 2,459#6,698 Demetris · 2,366#7,855 Demitri · 1,894

Also a last name

As a last name, Demetri ranks #91,884 of 156,621, with 215 people. See Demetri as a last name

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