Demetrius

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Primarily a boy's name · 95% boys

Meaning

Demetrius is the Latinized form of the Ancient Greek male given name Dēmḗtrios, meaning "devoted to goddess Demeter".

From Wikipedia

Demetrius first appears in the data in 1912 and has been recorded in 96 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1991 with 1,052 babies (rank #259 that year). In 2024 it was given to 213 boys (rank #1,038). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Demetrius

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Demetrius yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

37,626
Total babies (all years)
96
Years in the data
1,052
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19126#2,346
191510#2,489
19165#4,059
19187#3,451
19198#3,175
192111#2,668
19225#4,456
19248#3,325
19257#3,489
19266#3,813
19275#4,343
19307#3,367
19315#3,901
19357#3,025
19416#3,226
19447#2,930
194510#2,285
194611#2,305
194717#1,868
194816#1,895
194913#2,147
195022#1,580
195111#2,408
195213#2,175
195331#1,364
195469#889
195571#877
195665#927
195779#847
195871#897
195975#890
196079#852
1961101#769
1962189#569
1963188#575
1964212#541
1965289#456
1966264#472
1967385#384
1968397#391
1969448#369
1970466#375
1971542#339
1972597#306
1973653#281
1974680#275
1975635#299
1976656#286
1977676#290
1978659#290
1979735#278
1980694#295
1981716#287
1982627#314
1983689#292
1984621#314
1985656#311
1986764#277
1987746#288
1988789#292
1989885#281
1990867#291
19911,052#259
19921,022#280
1993942#295
1994894#301
1995855#310
1996759#338
1997679#364
1998670#377
1999650#391
2000679#384
2001673#385
2002584#421
2003554#455
2004593#437
2005496#500
2006628#436
2007541#491
2008523#520
2009484#545
2010501#514
2011432#580
2012396#616
2013425#596
2014362#690
2015374#679
2016333#734
2017325#734
2018346#698
2019283#808
2020266#856
2021286#831
2022229#984
2023261#890
2024213#1,038