Demarcus
Boy · dee-MAR-kus · Modern
Demarcus is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,167th for boys in the US (66 babies).
What does Demarcus mean?
Modern: De- prefix + Marcus (Latin)
American coinage adding the popular De- prefix to Marcus, the Roman name usually linked to the god Mars.
- Say it
- dee-MAR-kus
More on Wiktionary.
Is Demarcus a girl's or a boy's name?
Demarcus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 66 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Demarcus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,167among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 66about 1 in 26,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 66 boys in the US were named Demarcus, making it the 2,167th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,297th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 511 boys. It first appears in the records in 1956.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Demarcus than any year since 1973.
Half of all the boys named Demarcus in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Demarcus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66 | #2,167 |
| 2024 | 68 | #2,156 |
| 2023 | 83 | #1,896 |
| 2022 | 89 | #1,815 |
| 2021 | 93 | #1,740 |
| 2020 | 139 | #1,297 |
| 2019 | 130 | #1,372 |
| 2018 | 164 | #1,168 |
| 2017 | 171 | #1,121 |
| 2016 | 165 | #1,159 |
| 2015 | 181 | #1,082 |
| 2014 | 205 | #1,004 |
| 2013 | 227 | #914 |
| 2012 | 217 | #936 |
| 2011 | 222 | #910 |
| 2010 | 261 | #820 |
| 2009 | 267 | #823 |
| 2008 | 326 | #714 |
| 2007 | 288 | #764 |
| 2006 | 291 | #734 |
| 2005 | 263 | #755 |
| 2004 | 234 | #777 |
| 2003 | 239 | #749 |
| 2002 | 254 | #703 |
| 2001 | 253 | #704 |
| 2000 | 302 | #622 |
| 1999 | 302 | #605 |
| 1998 | 338 | #579 |
| 1997 | 366 | #541 |
| 1996 | 404 | #510 |
| 1995 | 428 | #497 |
| 1994 | 489 | #454 |
| 1993 | 456 | #463 |
| 1992 | 460 | #470 |
| 1991 | 511 | #436 |
| 1990 | 498 | #442 |
| 1989 | 456 | #441 |
| 1988 | 438 | #429 |
| 1987 | 369 | #460 |
| 1986 | 374 | #450 |
| 1985 | 354 | #455 |
| 1984 | 264 | #527 |
| 1983 | 276 | #507 |
| 1982 | 251 | #543 |
| 1981 | 211 | #586 |
| 1980 | 224 | #576 |
| 1979 | 177 | #640 |
| 1978 | 159 | #663 |
| 1977 | 143 | #710 |
| 1976 | 109 | #797 |
| 1975 | 92 | #867 |
| 1974 | 75 | #942 |
| 1973 | 57 | #1,074 |
| 1972 | 42 | #1,285 |
| 1971 | 37 | #1,400 |
| 1970 | 18 | #2,124 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
Nicknames for Demarcus
- Marcus 208 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Demarcus
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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