Demetrus
#6,178 most common boys' name of all time · #15,401 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1962–2024
Rank among boys
#6,178
Rank overall
#15,401 of 105,966
First appeared
1962
Years on the list
47 of 146
All-time
661
Since 2016
6
Peak year
1974 #2,117
Best rank
#1,776 1973
Girls
Boys
peak 28/yr
Demetrus first appears in 1962. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,174 |
| 2014 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,948 |
| 2009 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,337 |
| 2008 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,216 |
| 2006 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,038 |
| 2005 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,429 |
| 2004 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,325 |
| 2003 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,984 |
| 2002 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,665 |
| 2001 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,585 |
| 2000 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,419 |
| 1999 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,773 |
| 1998 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,041 |
| 1997 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,330 |
| 1996 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,468 |
| 1995 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,920 |
| 1994 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1993 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,821 |
| 1992 | — | 22 | 22 | #3,050 |
| 1991 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,907 |
| 1990 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,870 |
| 1989 | — | 16 | 16 | #3,544 |
| 1988 | — | 16 | 16 | #3,283 |
| 1987 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,444 |
| 1986 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,204 |
| 1985 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,790 |
| 1984 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,601 |
| 1983 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,169 |
| 1982 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,050 |
| 1981 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,747 |
| 1980 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,264 |
| 1979 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,218 |
| 1978 | — | 21 | 21 | #2,261 |
| 1977 | 5 | 19 | 24 | #2,431 |
| 1976 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,104 |
| 1975 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,988 |
| 1974 | 7 | 21 | 28 | #2,117 |
| 1973 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,776 |
| 1972 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,404 |
| 1971 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #3,327 |
| 1970 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,131 |
| 1969 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,874 |
| 1968 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,437 |
| 1967 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,439 |
| 1965 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #3,880 |
| 1964 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,540 |
| 1962 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,015 |