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Oct 2026

Demetrius

OriginGreek
Meaning"follower of Demeter"
GenderBoy & girl
US Rank
GirlsUnranked

Below 5 births

Boys#1229

2025 SSA

About Demetrius

Classical and Shakespearean name that may appeal if you like your names long, flowing and multicultural.

Demetrius is also given to girls.

Pronounced duh-MEE-tree-us.

As of October 2026, Demetrius ranked #14627 for girls in US births in 2004 and #1229 for boys in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1328 for girls in 1975 and #259 for boys in 1991.

Popularity & trends

US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Girls #4,271
Boys #1,229
#800#1,000#1,200TOP 1000'14'16'18'20'22'24
20142025
18802025
Data table
YearUS rank · girlsBirths · girlsUS rank · boysBirths · boys
2014—0#690362
2015—0#679374
2016—0#734333
2017—0#734325
2018—0#698346
2019—0#808283
2020—0#856266
2021—0#831286
2022—0#984229
2023—0#890261
2024—0#1,038213
2025—0#1,229164
Popularity history from more than a century of Social Security Administration birth records. Years without a line are years the name fell below the published records.

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World rankings

Demetrius for boys

#229❄️ Unique

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Famous Demetriuss

  • DemetriusBoy

    silversmith of Ephesus (Acts 19:24)

  • DemetriusBoy

    praised by the apostle John (3 John 12)

  • Demetrius Augustine GallitzinBoy

    Russian priest and missionary

  • Demetrius JacksonBoy

    American basketball player

  • Demetrius Cesar AndradeBoy

    American boxer

  • Demetrius "Red" PughBoy

    American rapper of group Another Bad Creation"

  • Demetrius Stewart aka Shawty ReddBoy

    American rapper

  • Demetrius VikelasBoy

    Greek businessman; first president of the IOC

  • Demetrius JoyetteBoy

    Canadian actor

  • Demetrius GrosseBoy

    American actor

Demetrius in pop culture

  • DemetriusBoy

    character in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer's Night Dream"

  • DemetriusBoy

    character in Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra"

  • DemetriusBoy

    character in Shakespeare's "Titus Andronicus"

  • DemetriusBoy

    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 WilliamsBoy

    character in Mira Nair's "Mississippi Masala" and 1991 film

  • DemetriusBoy

    character in Lloyd C. Douglas' "The Robe" and its film, "Demetrius and the Gladiators"

  • DemetriusBoy

    character in the video game "Stardew Valley"

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