Demetre
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- deh-MEH-treh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Demetre is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “follower of Demeter”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Demetre mean?
Greek: Georgian and Romanian form of Demetrius
“follower of Demeter”
A form of Demetrius, from Demeter, the Greek goddess of grain and harvest.
Is Demetre a girl's or a boy's name?
Demetre is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Demetre in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Demetre, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 57 boys. It first appears in the records in 1963.
Half of all the boys named Demetre in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Demetre in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 21 | #3,482 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,256 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 36 | #2,214 |
| 1993 | 48 | #1,764 |
| 1992 | 57 | #1,541 |
| 1991 | 28 | #2,463 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 23 | #2,358 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
Names like Demetre
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luke, Damian, Jace, Cristian, Deandre, Alexis, Chase, Jake, Dorian, Alexander, Dante, Christian
Names related to Demetre
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Maisie
Sources
Figures from 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, “Demetre: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/demetre, updated 20 October 2026.