Demetrius
Below 5 births
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 in US births in 2004 SSA, peaked at #1328 in 1975.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | #690 | 362 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | #679 | 374 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #734 | 333 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | #734 | 325 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | #698 | 346 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | #808 | 283 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | #856 | 266 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | #831 | 286 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | #984 | 229 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | #890 | 261 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | #1,038 | 213 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | #1,229 | 164 |
World rankings
Demetrius for boys
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Demetrius on lists
Famous Demetriuss
- DemetriusBoy
silversmith of Ephesus (Acts 19:24)
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praised by the apostle John (3 John 12)
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Russian priest and missionary
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American basketball player
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American boxer
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American rapper of group Another Bad Creation"
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American rapper
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Greek businessman; first president of the IOC
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Canadian actor
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American actor
Demetrius in pop culture
- DemetriusBoy
character in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer's Night Dream"
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character in Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra"
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character in Shakespeare's "Titus Andronicus"
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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
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character in Lloyd C. Douglas' "The Robe" and its film, "Demetrius and the Gladiators"
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character in the video game "Stardew Valley"