Demetrius is an established boys' name that peaked in 1991 and has since faded.
Demetrius is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,229 for boy births in the United States (and #2,534 across all names), given to 164 babies. Demetrius first appears in 1912 and peaked in 1991 (1,052 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 164 | 164 | — | #1,229 |
| 2024 | 213 | 213 | — | #1,042 |
| 2023 | 261 | 261 | — | #890 |
| 2022 | 229 | 229 | — | #985 |
| 2021 | 286 | 286 | — | #831 |
| 2020 | 266 | 266 | — | #856 |
| 2019 | 283 | 283 | — | #808 |
| 2018 | 346 | 346 | — | #700 |
| 2017 | 325 | 325 | — | #734 |
| 2016 | 333 | 333 | — | #734 |
| 2015 | 374 | 374 | — | #679 |
| 2014 | 362 | 362 | — | #690 |
| 2013 | 425 | 425 | — | #597 |
| 2012 | 396 | 396 | — | #616 |
| 2011 | 432 | 432 | — | #580 |
| 2010 | 501 | 501 | — | #514 |
| 2009 | 484 | 484 | — | #545 |
| 2008 | 523 | 523 | — | #520 |
| 2007 | 541 | 541 | — | #491 |
| 2006 | 628 | 628 | — | #436 |
| 2005 | 496 | 496 | — | #500 |
| 2004 | 599 | 599 | #14,628 | #438 |
| 2003 | 554 | 554 | — | #455 |
| 2002 | 584 | 584 | — | #421 |
| 2001 | 682 | 682 | #10,333 | #385 |
| 2000 | 686 | 686 | #12,127 | #384 |
| 1999 | 660 | 660 | #8,962 | #392 |
| 1998 | 678 | 678 | #10,363 | #377 |
| 1997 | 689 | — | #8,519 | #364 |
| 1996 | 769 | — | #8,320 | #338 |
| 1995 | 868 | — | #6,742 | #310 |
| 1994 | 913 | — | #5,077 | #301 |
| 1993 | 961 | — | #5,043 | #295 |
| 1992 | 1,046 | — | #4,271 | #280 |
| 1991 | 1,079 | — | #3,850 | #259 |
| 1990 | 889 | — | #4,407 | #291 |
| 1989 | 924 | — | #2,826 | #281 |
| 1988 | 832 | — | #2,499 | #292 |
| 1987 | 774 | — | #3,272 | #288 |
| 1986 | 814 | — | #2,127 | #277 |
| 1985 | 697 | — | #2,410 | #311 |
| 1984 | 656 | — | #2,635 | #314 |
| 1983 | 735 | — | #2,138 | #292 |
| 1982 | 672 | — | #2,227 | #314 |
| 1981 | 774 | — | #1,869 | #286 |
| 1980 | 753 | — | #1,845 | #294 |
| 1979 | 802 | — | #1,666 | #278 |
| 1978 | 723 | — | #1,657 | #290 |
| 1977 | 740 | — | #1,642 | #290 |
| 1976 | 736 | — | #1,345 | #286 |
| 1975 | 718 | — | #1,328 | #299 |
| 1974 | 754 | — | #1,390 | #275 |
| 1973 | 725 | — | #1,381 | #281 |
| 1972 | 666 | — | #1,416 | #305 |
| 1971 | 587 | — | #1,914 | #339 |
| 1970 | 499 | — | #2,319 | #375 |
| 1969 | 493 | — | #1,841 | #369 |
| 1968 | 436 | — | #1,918 | #391 |
| 1967 | 430 | — | #1,711 | #384 |
| 1966 | 292 | — | #2,261 | #472 |
| 1965 | 331 | — | #1,749 | #456 |
| 1964 | 254 | — | #1,810 | #540 |
| 1963 | 219 | — | #2,142 | #575 |
| 1962 | 238 | — | #1,609 | #570 |
| 1961 | 125 | — | #2,488 | #769 |
| 1960 | 97 | — | #2,922 | #854 |
| 1959 | 90 | — | #3,143 | #890 |
| 1958 | 81 | — | #4,000 | #897 |
| 1957 | 95 | — | #2,957 | #847 |
| 1956 | 80 | — | #3,079 | #927 |
| 1955 | 84 | — | #3,251 | #877 |
| 1954 | 80 | — | #3,541 | #889 |
| 1953 | 31 | — | — | #1,364 |
| 1952 | 13 | — | — | #2,175 |
| 1951 | 11 | — | — | #2,408 |
| 1950 | 22 | — | — | #1,580 |
| 1949 | 13 | — | — | #2,147 |
| 1948 | 16 | — | — | #1,895 |
| 1947 | 17 | — | — | #1,868 |
| 1946 | 17 | — | #4,547 | #2,307 |
| 1945 | 10 | — | — | #2,285 |
| 1944 | 7 | — | — | #2,930 |
| 1941 | 6 | — | — | #3,226 |
| 1935 | 7 | — | — | #3,025 |
| 1931 | 5 | — | — | #3,901 |
| 1930 | 7 | — | — | #3,367 |
| 1927 | 5 | — | — | #4,343 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | — | #3,813 |
| 1925 | 7 | — | — | #3,489 |
| 1924 | 8 | — | — | #3,325 |
| 1922 | 5 | — | — | #4,456 |
| 1921 | 11 | — | — | #2,668 |
| 1919 | 8 | — | — | #3,175 |
| 1918 | 7 | — | — | #3,451 |
| 1916 | 5 | — | — | #4,058 |
| 1915 | 10 | — | — | #2,489 |
| 1912 | 6 | — | — | #2,346 |