Demetria
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- dih-MEE-tree-uh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #5,237 for girls
Demetria is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “of Demeter”. In 2025 it ranked 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Demetria mean?
Greek: feminine of Demetrius
“of Demeter”
Feminine of Demetrius, from Demeter, the Greek goddess of grain and harvest.
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Is Demetria a girl's or a boy's name?
Demetria is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Demetria 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 4 girls.
Demetria in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Demetria in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,237among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Demetria, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,001st. Its busiest year was 1974, with 371 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the girls named Demetria in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
Demetria in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,297 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 27 | #4,829 |
| 2020 | 25 | #5,001 |
| 2019 | 46 | #3,387 |
| 2018 | 51 | #3,157 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,847 |
| 2016 | 33 | #4,344 |
| 2015 | 52 | #3,177 |
| 2014 | 53 | #3,110 |
| 2013 | 55 | #3,004 |
| 2012 | 52 | #3,168 |
| 2011 | 59 | #2,908 |
| 2010 | 68 | #2,642 |
| 2009 | 56 | #3,046 |
| 2008 | 73 | #2,557 |
| 2007 | 70 | #2,616 |
| 2006 | 87 | #2,206 |
| 2005 | 84 | #2,179 |
| 2004 | 82 | #2,172 |
| 2003 | 106 | #1,768 |
| 2002 | 91 | #1,932 |
| 2001 | 102 | #1,747 |
| 2000 | 121 | #1,509 |
| 1999 | 137 | #1,313 |
| 1998 | 162 | #1,159 |
| 1997 | 130 | #1,325 |
| 1996 | 187 | #1,002 |
| 1995 | 184 | #1,004 |
| 1994 | 158 | #1,130 |
| 1993 | 194 | #969 |
| 1992 | 223 | #883 |
| 1991 | 249 | #822 |
| 1990 | 219 | #881 |
| 1989 | 250 | #773 |
| 1988 | 237 | #791 |
| 1987 | 190 | #888 |
| 1986 | 206 | #815 |
| 1985 | 180 | #886 |
| 1984 | 191 | #821 |
| 1983 | 209 | #765 |
| 1982 | 222 | #750 |
| 1981 | 245 | #695 |
| 1980 | 284 | #642 |
| 1979 | 328 | #560 |
| 1978 | 281 | #608 |
| 1977 | 311 | #564 |
| 1976 | 267 | #601 |
| 1975 | 354 | #504 |
| 1974 | 371 | #478 |
| 1973 | 370 | #485 |
| 1972 | 336 | #512 |
| 1971 | 361 | #514 |
| 1970 | 294 | #597 |
| 1969 | 261 | #616 |
| 1968 | 192 | #703 |
| 1967 | 171 | #753 |
| 1966 | 140 | #843 |
| 1965 | 120 | #922 |
| 1964 | 114 | #1,001 |
| 1963 | 102 | #1,065 |
| 1962 | 95 | #1,114 |
| 1961 | 102 | #1,083 |
| 1960 | 71 | #1,300 |
| 1959 | 72 | #1,261 |
| 1958 | 60 | #1,363 |
| 1957 | 50 | #1,506 |
| 1956 | 51 | #1,479 |
| 1955 | 48 | #1,462 |
| 1954 | 36 | #1,701 |
| 1953 | 27 | #1,972 |
| 1952 | 32 | #1,745 |
| 1951 | 40 | #1,480 |
| 1950 | 27 | #1,834 |
| 1949 | 24 | #1,966 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,827 |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,238 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,596 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,915 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,945 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,800 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,984 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,028 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,448 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,939 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,403 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,970 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,343 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 19 | #1,960 |
| 1927 | 15 | #2,338 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,707 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,361 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,391 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,349 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,377 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,243 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,637 |
Nicknames for Demetria
- Demi 61 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Demetria
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lara Athena Alexandra Anastasia Maria Darcie Olivia Sophia Robyn Daphne Elena Fatima
Names related to Demetria
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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, “Demetria: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/demetria, updated 20 October 2026.