Demetrius
About Demetrius
Classical and Shakespearean name that may appeal if you like your names long, flowing and multicultural.
Pronounced duh-MEE-tree-us.
As of October 2026, Demetrius ranked #1229 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #259 in 1991.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #690 | 362 | 188.5 |
| 2015 | #679 | 374 | 195.1 |
| 2016 | #734 | 333 | 175.5 |
| 2017 | #734 | 325 | 175.6 |
| 2018 | #698 | 346 | 190.5 |
| 2019 | #808 | 283 | 157.7 |
| 2020 | #856 | 266 | 154.1 |
| 2021 | #831 | 286 | 163.5 |
| 2022 | #984 | 229 | 131.2 |
| 2023 | #890 | 261 | 152.6 |
| 2024 | #1,038 | 213 | 123.6 |
| 2025 | #1,229 | 164 | 96 |
World rankings
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Demetrius on lists
Famous Demetriuss
- Demetrius
silversmith of Ephesus (Acts 19:24)
- Demetrius
praised by the apostle John (3 John 12)
- Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin
Russian priest and missionary
- Demetrius Jackson
American basketball player
- Demetrius Cesar Andrade
American boxer
- Demetrius "Red" Pugh
American rapper of group Another Bad Creation"
- Demetrius Stewart aka Shawty Redd
American rapper
- Demetrius Vikelas
Greek businessman; first president of the IOC
- Demetrius Joyette
Canadian actor
- Demetrius Grosse
American actor
Demetrius in pop culture
- Demetrius
character in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer's Night Dream"
- Demetrius
character in Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra"
- Demetrius
character in Shakespeare's "Titus Andronicus"
- Demetrius
a main character in Friedrich Schiller's dramatic fragment of the same name, Alexander Pushkin's blank verse drama Boris Godunov and several other works of literature; modelled after Tsar False Dimitry I
- Demetrius Williams
character in Mira Nair's "Mississippi Masala" and 1991 film
- Demetrius
character in Lloyd C. Douglas' "The Robe" and its film, "Demetrius and the Gladiators"
- Demetrius
character in the video game "Stardew Valley"