Demetrious
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- de-MEE-tree-us
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Demetrious is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “follower of Demeter”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Demetrious mean?
Greek: variant of Demetrius, from Greek Demetrios
“follower of Demeter”
Demeter was the Greek goddess of the harvest; Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica is a major saint of the Orthodox Church.
Is Demetrious a girl's or a boy's name?
Demetrious is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Demetrious in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 190,000 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, 9 boys in the US were named Demetrious, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 1991, with 59 boys. It first appears in the records in 1947.
Half of all the boys named Demetrious in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Demetrious in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 28 | #3,694 |
| 2010 | 25 | #3,993 |
| 2009 | 31 | #3,474 |
| 2008 | 31 | #3,483 |
| 2007 | 34 | #3,248 |
| 2006 | 32 | #3,304 |
| 2005 | 35 | #2,956 |
| 2004 | 29 | #3,281 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 21 | #3,904 |
| 2001 | 32 | #2,859 |
| 2000 | 27 | #3,144 |
| 1999 | 39 | #2,297 |
| 1998 | 28 | #2,848 |
| 1997 | 27 | #2,819 |
| 1996 | 33 | #2,375 |
| 1995 | 45 | #1,882 |
| 1994 | 43 | #1,922 |
| 1993 | 32 | #2,341 |
| 1992 | 56 | #1,567 |
| 1991 | 59 | #1,476 |
| 1990 | 48 | #1,680 |
| 1989 | 44 | #1,728 |
| 1988 | 35 | #1,874 |
| 1987 | 40 | #1,682 |
| 1986 | 39 | #1,644 |
| 1985 | 26 | #2,115 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,436 |
| 1983 | 29 | #1,863 |
| 1982 | 32 | #1,773 |
| 1981 | 29 | #1,898 |
| 1980 | 31 | #1,808 |
| 1979 | 43 | #1,421 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,668 |
| 1977 | 32 | #1,670 |
| 1976 | 28 | #1,780 |
| 1975 | 31 | #1,629 |
| 1974 | 37 | #1,409 |
| 1973 | 36 | #1,400 |
| 1972 | 23 | #1,871 |
| 1971 | 39 | #1,352 |
| 1970 | 24 | #1,793 |
| 1969 | 21 | #1,809 |
| 1968 | 23 | #1,649 |
| 1967 | 20 | #1,757 |
| 1966 | 22 | #1,649 |
| 1965 | 14 | #2,177 |
| 1964 | 14 | #2,204 |
| 1963 | 11 | #2,538 |
| 1962 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 12 | #2,421 |
| 1959 | 11 | #2,529 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
Names like Demetrious
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Damian, Alexander, Alexis, Lucas, Drew, Alejandro, Nicholas, Jason, Christopher, Christian, Dorian, Darius
Names related to Demetrious
Demetrius, Demetrios, Demitrius, Demetris, Dametrius, Demetrus, Demetruis
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Sofia, Sebastian, 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, “Demetrious: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/demetrious, updated 20 October 2026.