Demetrios
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- deh-MEE-tree-os
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Demetrios is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “devoted to Demeter”. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Demetrios mean?
Greek: Greek name from the goddess Demeter
“devoted to Demeter”
Demetrios I of Macedon, nicknamed Poliorcetes, 'the Besieger', was a famous Hellenistic king.
Is Demetrios a girl's or a boy's name?
Demetrios is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Demetrios in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 5 boys.
Demetrios in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Demetrios in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,606th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Demetrios, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 1974, with 77 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918.
Half of all the boys named Demetrios in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Demetrios in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 32 | #3,430 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 32 | #3,337 |
| 2012 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2011 | 42 | #2,797 |
| 2010 | 39 | #2,957 |
| 2009 | 31 | #3,474 |
| 2008 | 35 | #3,219 |
| 2007 | 40 | #2,918 |
| 2006 | 41 | #2,783 |
| 2005 | 47 | #2,429 |
| 2004 | 52 | #2,204 |
| 2003 | 38 | #2,616 |
| 2002 | 57 | #1,939 |
| 2001 | 37 | #2,557 |
| 2000 | 53 | #1,940 |
| 1999 | 43 | #2,159 |
| 1998 | 33 | #2,549 |
| 1997 | 36 | #2,308 |
| 1996 | 39 | #2,140 |
| 1995 | 32 | #2,395 |
| 1994 | 35 | #2,254 |
| 1993 | 32 | #2,341 |
| 1992 | 50 | #1,692 |
| 1991 | 36 | #2,046 |
| 1990 | 54 | #1,542 |
| 1989 | 40 | #1,853 |
| 1988 | 27 | #2,250 |
| 1987 | 33 | #1,892 |
| 1986 | 41 | #1,587 |
| 1985 | 34 | #1,763 |
| 1984 | 40 | #1,530 |
| 1983 | 37 | #1,593 |
| 1982 | 46 | #1,394 |
| 1981 | 50 | #1,309 |
| 1980 | 62 | #1,154 |
| 1979 | 64 | #1,116 |
| 1978 | 58 | #1,170 |
| 1977 | 47 | #1,312 |
| 1976 | 71 | #990 |
| 1975 | 63 | #1,042 |
| 1974 | 77 | #923 |
| 1973 | 64 | #1,006 |
| 1972 | 71 | #960 |
| 1971 | 45 | #1,235 |
| 1970 | 60 | #1,051 |
| 1969 | 68 | #920 |
| 1968 | 46 | #1,100 |
| 1967 | 37 | #1,230 |
| 1966 | 40 | #1,178 |
| 1965 | 33 | #1,334 |
| 1964 | 27 | #1,509 |
| 1963 | 30 | #1,425 |
| 1962 | 26 | #1,545 |
| 1961 | 24 | #1,634 |
| 1960 | 18 | #1,909 |
| 1959 | 21 | #1,758 |
| 1958 | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1956 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 8 | #2,904 |
| 1952 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,579 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,605 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,590 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,074 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,383 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
Nicknames for Demetrios
Names like Demetrios
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alexander, Lucas, Christopher, Nicholas, Joshua, Luke, Jason, Sebastian, Adam, Daniel, Damian, Zachary
Names related to Demetrios
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Sofia, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Maisie, Lainey, Elena
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, “Demetrios: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/demetrios, updated 20 October 2026.