Demetri
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- deh-MEE-tree
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #2,676 for boys
Demetri is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “devoted to Demeter”. In 2025 it ranked 2,676th for boys in the US (48 babies).
What does Demetri mean?
Greek: form of Demetrios
“devoted to Demeter”
Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki, a 4th-century martyr, is one of the most venerated saints of the Orthodox Church.
Is Demetri a girl's or a boy's name?
Demetri is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 48 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Demetri in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Demetri in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Demetri in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Demetri in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,676among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 48about 1 in 36,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 48 boys in the US were named Demetri, making it the 2,676th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,094th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 178 boys. It first appears in the records in 1953.
2025 had fewer boys named Demetri than any year since 1989.
Half of all the boys named Demetri in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 32% of the babies named Demetri in the US in 1965, and 6% in 1996.
Demetri in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | #2,676 |
| 2024 | 53 | #2,527 |
| 2023 | 79 | #1,953 |
| 2022 | 56 | #2,467 |
| 2021 | 70 | #2,078 |
| 2020 | 67 | #2,094 |
| 2019 | 70 | #2,061 |
| 2018 | 85 | #1,792 |
| 2017 | 86 | #1,780 |
| 2016 | 76 | #1,921 |
| 2015 | 84 | #1,790 |
| 2014 | 85 | #1,766 |
| 2013 | 86 | #1,708 |
| 2012 | 105 | #1,523 |
| 2011 | 92 | #1,644 |
| 2010 | 111 | #1,470 |
| 2009 | 127 | #1,353 |
| 2008 | 94 | #1,639 |
| 2007 | 81 | #1,795 |
| 2006 | 101 | #1,501 |
| 2005 | 82 | #1,646 |
| 2004 | 90 | #1,489 |
| 2003 | 102 | #1,340 |
| 2002 | 114 | #1,208 |
| 2001 | 102 | #1,283 |
| 2000 | 100 | #1,287 |
| 1999 | 91 | #1,317 |
| 1998 | 109 | #1,143 |
| 1997 | 102 | #1,176 |
| 1996 | 94 | #1,196 |
| 1995 | 102 | #1,129 |
| 1994 | 149 | #883 |
| 1993 | 157 | #843 |
| 1992 | 178 | #781 |
| 1991 | 98 | #1,097 |
| 1990 | 52 | #1,582 |
| 1989 | 42 | #1,788 |
| 1988 | 31 | #2,030 |
| 1987 | 38 | #1,732 |
| 1986 | 47 | #1,456 |
| 1985 | 33 | #1,793 |
| 1984 | 43 | #1,457 |
| 1983 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1982 | 31 | #1,814 |
| 1981 | 25 | #2,085 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 31 | #1,788 |
| 1978 | 17 | #2,567 |
| 1977 | 27 | #1,858 |
| 1976 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1975 | 30 | #1,657 |
| 1974 | 18 | #2,275 |
| 1973 | 17 | #2,309 |
| 1972 | 20 | #2,020 |
| 1971 | 16 | #2,365 |
| 1970 | 21 | #1,938 |
| 1969 | 21 | #1,809 |
| 1968 | 12 | #2,444 |
| 1967 | 18 | #1,852 |
| 1966 | 15 | #2,042 |
| 1965 | 21 | #1,719 |
| 1964 | 13 | #2,309 |
| 1963 | 16 | #2,043 |
| 1962 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1961 | 13 | #2,321 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
Names like Demetri
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alexander Joshua Luke Dylan Ali Christopher Benjamin Nicholas Damian Cameron Jason Adam
Names related to Demetri
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, “Demetri: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/demetri, updated 20 October 2026.