Demetrio
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- deh-MEH-tree-oh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Demetrio is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “of Demeter”. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Demetrio mean?
Greek: Italian and Spanish form of Demetrius
“of Demeter”
Italian and Spanish form of Demetrius, from Demeter, Greek goddess of the harvest.
Is Demetrio a girl's or a boy's name?
Demetrio is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Demetrio in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,397th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Demetrio, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 1999, with 88 boys. It first appears in the records in 1908.
2025 had fewer boys named Demetrio than any year since 1968.
Half of all the boys named Demetrio in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Demetrio in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 25 | #4,197 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,422 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 33 | #3,357 |
| 2015 | 32 | #3,430 |
| 2014 | 29 | #3,615 |
| 2013 | 28 | #3,659 |
| 2012 | 29 | #3,622 |
| 2011 | 35 | #3,163 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 39 | #2,990 |
| 2008 | 36 | #3,163 |
| 2007 | 50 | #2,504 |
| 2006 | 54 | #2,309 |
| 2005 | 49 | #2,361 |
| 2004 | 55 | #2,127 |
| 2003 | 43 | #2,424 |
| 2002 | 53 | #2,042 |
| 2001 | 58 | #1,889 |
| 2000 | 49 | #2,045 |
| 1999 | 88 | #1,353 |
| 1998 | 34 | #2,504 |
| 1997 | 33 | #2,445 |
| 1996 | 40 | #2,110 |
| 1995 | 37 | #2,173 |
| 1994 | 43 | #1,922 |
| 1993 | 37 | #2,118 |
| 1992 | 48 | #1,745 |
| 1991 | 36 | #2,046 |
| 1990 | 24 | #2,689 |
| 1989 | 35 | #2,022 |
| 1988 | 29 | #2,141 |
| 1987 | 29 | #2,053 |
| 1986 | 43 | #1,534 |
| 1985 | 37 | #1,671 |
| 1984 | 38 | #1,580 |
| 1983 | 30 | #1,821 |
| 1982 | 41 | #1,513 |
| 1981 | 33 | #1,725 |
| 1980 | 35 | #1,655 |
| 1979 | 31 | #1,788 |
| 1978 | 27 | #1,870 |
| 1977 | 34 | #1,607 |
| 1976 | 25 | #1,931 |
| 1975 | 33 | #1,558 |
| 1974 | 28 | #1,692 |
| 1973 | 35 | #1,435 |
| 1972 | 33 | #1,473 |
| 1971 | 29 | #1,636 |
| 1970 | 32 | #1,493 |
| 1969 | 37 | #1,302 |
| 1968 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1967 | 21 | #1,710 |
| 1966 | 24 | #1,579 |
| 1965 | 29 | #1,428 |
| 1964 | 39 | #1,235 |
| 1963 | 24 | #1,627 |
| 1962 | 37 | #1,278 |
| 1961 | 28 | #1,520 |
| 1960 | 18 | #1,909 |
| 1959 | 28 | #1,500 |
| 1958 | 26 | #1,533 |
| 1957 | 19 | #1,836 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,359 |
| 1955 | 21 | #1,681 |
| 1954 | 19 | #1,761 |
| 1953 | 20 | #1,708 |
| 1952 | 19 | #1,748 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,054 |
| 1950 | 23 | #1,537 |
| 1949 | 15 | #1,940 |
| 1948 | 15 | #1,942 |
| 1947 | 24 | #1,518 |
| 1946 | 9 | #2,533 |
| 1945 | 16 | #1,696 |
| 1944 | 25 | #1,327 |
| 1943 | 17 | #1,763 |
| 1942 | 15 | #1,867 |
| 1941 | 15 | #1,821 |
| 1940 | 15 | #1,802 |
| 1939 | 16 | #1,712 |
| 1938 | 17 | #1,689 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1936 | 24 | #1,356 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,584 |
| 1934 | 14 | #1,932 |
| 1933 | 17 | #1,707 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,327 |
| 1930 | 23 | #1,533 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,316 |
| 1928 | 29 | #1,353 |
| 1927 | 18 | #1,871 |
| 1926 | 29 | #1,353 |
| 1925 | 24 | #1,534 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,675 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,223 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,239 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,058 |
| 1920 | 21 | #1,694 |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,876 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,561 |
| 1916 | 9 | #2,729 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,607 |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,802 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,416 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
Names like Demetrio
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alejandro, Antonio, Emilio, Aurelio, Sebastian, Damian, Alexander, Dario, Nicholas, Julio, Mario, Dominic
Names related to Demetrio
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, 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, “Demetrio: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/demetrio, updated 20 October 2026.