How rare is the name Demetrio?

5,064 people in the United States have the first name Demetrio, about 1 in 59,643. It ranks #3,878 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DEMETRIO

#3,878

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,064
About
1 in 59,643
This common or more
83.2%
Who bears it

Of the 5,064 people named Demetrio, 86.1% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 6.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 4.7% as White. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Demetrio peaked in 1999, when 88 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19082025
Peak year
1999
Births that year
88
In 2025*
17 ▼81%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 3,064 babies have been given the name since 1908. 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.

Demetrio by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #3,450. The largest share of babies named Demetrio, 23.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1900s#4,6306
1910s#4,49786
1920s#3,492199
1930s#3,450169
1940s#3,752166
1950s#3,946201
1960s#3,679274
1970s#4,030307
1980s#4,334350
1990s#4,796420
2000s#5,465486
2010s#8,567271
2020s#9,811129
Greatest Generation 1901–278.2%
Silent Generation 1928–4510.2%
Baby boom 1946–6413.4%
Generation X 1965–8015.3%
Millennials 1981–9618.9%
Generation Z 1997–1223.8%
2013 and later10.2%

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 Demetrio is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Demetrio has been most common in Texas (7.6×), New Mexico (3.8×), and California (3.6×), and least common in California (3.6×).

1,540 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.

Also a last name

As a last name, Demetrio ranks #54,177 of 156,621, with 411 people. See Demetrio as a last name

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