first name
DEMETRIUS
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 26,043 people named Demetrius, 82.1% reported their origin as Black, 6.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.5% as White. 95.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Demetrius peaked in 1991, when 1,079 babies got the name.
At least 37,791 babies have been given the name since 1912. 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.
Demetrius by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #611. The largest share of babies named Demetrius, 35.5%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
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 Demetrius is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Demetrius has been most common in District of Columbia (3.2×), Alabama (3.2×), and Georgia (3×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.16×).
33,988 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.
Either side of Demetrius
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Demetrius, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Demetrius ranks #49,237 of 156,621, with 462 people. See Demetrius as a last name
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