Demetria
Demetria is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 24 births. Its best rank was 479th, in 1974.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 240.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1974371 births
- Best rank
- #479in 1974
- Since 1914
- 10,936people given the name
The story in the numbers
10,936 girls have been named Demetria in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1974, with 371 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1980, and the 1970s alone account for 30%. It has spent 29 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Demetria | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 34 | |
| 1920s | 88 | |
| 1930s | 73 | |
| 1940s | 108 | |
| 1950s | 443 | |
| 1960s | 1,368 | |
| 1970s | 3,273 | |
| 1980s | 2,214 | |
| 1990s | 1,843 | |
| 2000s | 872 | |
| 2010s | 508 | |
| 2020s | 112 |
In 1974, its biggest year
Demetria was the 479th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1974 were Jennifer, Amy, Michelle, Heather and Angela. See all of 1974.
Names that rose and fell with Demetria
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Janelpeak 1971
- Anglepeak 1975
- Deliciapeak 1971
- Christapeak 1986
- Lashellepeak 1982
- Jeniferpeak 1974
- Shanipeak 1969
- Stephanniepeak 1972
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.