Demetra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- deh-MEE-tra
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Demetra is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “earth mother”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Demetra mean?
Greek: feminine of Demetrios, from the goddess Demeter
“earth mother”
Derived from Demeter, the Greek goddess of grain and the harvest and mother of Persephone.
Is Demetra a girl's or a boy's name?
Demetra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Demetra in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 7 girls.
Demetra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Demetra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Demetra, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1975, with 127 girls. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the girls named Demetra in the US since 1880 were born between 1961 and 1984, the years shaded on the chart below.
Demetra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,795 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 25 | #4,938 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,902 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,307 |
| 1999 | 32 | #3,714 |
| 1998 | 31 | #3,727 |
| 1997 | 40 | #2,974 |
| 1996 | 38 | #3,088 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,487 |
| 1994 | 44 | #2,747 |
| 1993 | 41 | #2,877 |
| 1992 | 47 | #2,607 |
| 1991 | 52 | #2,414 |
| 1990 | 44 | #2,635 |
| 1989 | 40 | #2,763 |
| 1988 | 54 | #2,126 |
| 1987 | 45 | #2,330 |
| 1986 | 55 | #1,979 |
| 1985 | 56 | #1,947 |
| 1984 | 52 | #1,960 |
| 1983 | 53 | #1,926 |
| 1982 | 63 | #1,755 |
| 1981 | 64 | #1,754 |
| 1980 | 89 | #1,396 |
| 1979 | 90 | #1,364 |
| 1978 | 81 | #1,422 |
| 1977 | 99 | #1,225 |
| 1976 | 111 | #1,092 |
| 1975 | 127 | #973 |
| 1974 | 105 | #1,107 |
| 1973 | 100 | #1,120 |
| 1972 | 91 | #1,181 |
| 1971 | 90 | #1,237 |
| 1970 | 105 | #1,118 |
| 1969 | 110 | #1,042 |
| 1968 | 121 | #939 |
| 1967 | 97 | #1,046 |
| 1966 | 125 | #900 |
| 1965 | 89 | #1,122 |
| 1964 | 86 | #1,190 |
| 1963 | 77 | #1,250 |
| 1962 | 66 | #1,359 |
| 1961 | 57 | #1,480 |
| 1960 | 42 | #1,746 |
| 1959 | 39 | #1,764 |
| 1958 | 41 | #1,678 |
| 1957 | 37 | #1,783 |
| 1956 | 44 | #1,597 |
| 1955 | 36 | #1,732 |
| 1954 | 30 | #1,908 |
| 1953 | 32 | #1,757 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1951 | 21 | #2,181 |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,051 |
| 1949 | 23 | #2,012 |
| 1948 | 31 | #1,668 |
| 1947 | 22 | #2,088 |
| 1946 | 19 | #2,152 |
| 1945 | 14 | #2,338 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,966 |
| 1943 | 16 | #2,250 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,859 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,750 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,296 |
| 1939 | 16 | #2,038 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,873 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,914 |
| 1936 | 15 | #2,032 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,779 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,423 |
| 1933 | 21 | #1,658 |
| 1932 | 27 | #1,448 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,940 |
| 1930 | 22 | #1,702 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,436 |
| 1928 | 22 | #1,783 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,934 |
| 1926 | 32 | #1,413 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,377 |
| 1924 | 19 | #2,061 |
| 1923 | 24 | #1,736 |
| 1922 | 20 | #1,957 |
| 1921 | 18 | #2,120 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,263 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,450 |
| 1918 | 17 | #2,101 |
| 1917 | 15 | #2,203 |
| 1916 | 19 | #1,805 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,254 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,637 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,185 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,843 |
Nicknames for Demetra
- Demi 61 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Demetra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Athena Lara Melissa Jessica Diana Elena Cassandra Georgina Sara Maria Alexandra Daphne
Names related to Demetra
More Greek names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Demetra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/demetra, updated 20 October 2026.