Demetris
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- deh-MEE-tris
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Demetris is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “of Demeter”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Demetris mean?
Greek: form of Demetrios, compare modern Greek Dimitris
“of Demeter”
From Demetrios, 'of Demeter', the Greek goddess of grain and the harvest.
Is Demetris a girl's or a boy's name?
Demetris is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Demetris in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Demetris, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 99 boys. It first appears in the records in 1949.
Half of all the boys named Demetris in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1961, 51% of the babies named Demetris in the US were girls. By 1999 it was 14%, with more boys than girls since 1972.
Demetris in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 27 | #3,784 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 29 | #3,604 |
| 2010 | 29 | #3,632 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 27 | #3,820 |
| 2007 | 31 | #3,442 |
| 2006 | 34 | #3,152 |
| 2005 | 36 | #2,898 |
| 2004 | 38 | #2,737 |
| 2003 | 30 | #3,114 |
| 2002 | 50 | #2,121 |
| 2001 | 39 | #2,485 |
| 2000 | 49 | #2,045 |
| 1999 | 36 | #2,459 |
| 1998 | 48 | #1,984 |
| 1997 | 33 | #2,445 |
| 1996 | 60 | #1,613 |
| 1995 | 51 | #1,731 |
| 1994 | 63 | #1,490 |
| 1993 | 84 | #1,233 |
| 1992 | 82 | #1,242 |
| 1991 | 94 | #1,124 |
| 1990 | 99 | #1,061 |
| 1989 | 82 | #1,169 |
| 1988 | 65 | #1,266 |
| 1987 | 62 | #1,232 |
| 1986 | 75 | #1,074 |
| 1985 | 52 | #1,332 |
| 1984 | 55 | #1,239 |
| 1983 | 59 | #1,178 |
| 1982 | 70 | #1,088 |
| 1981 | 69 | #1,095 |
| 1980 | 72 | #1,067 |
| 1979 | 64 | #1,116 |
| 1978 | 59 | #1,149 |
| 1977 | 59 | #1,127 |
| 1976 | 56 | #1,144 |
| 1975 | 61 | #1,065 |
| 1974 | 40 | #1,351 |
| 1973 | 46 | #1,223 |
| 1972 | 47 | #1,196 |
| 1971 | 31 | #1,559 |
| 1970 | 32 | #1,493 |
| 1969 | 25 | #1,641 |
| 1968 | 29 | #1,454 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,029 |
| 1966 | 19 | #1,756 |
| 1965 | 16 | #1,986 |
| 1964 | 13 | #2,309 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 14 | #2,185 |
| 1961 | 19 | #1,875 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
Names like Demetris
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alexis, Damian, Nicholas, Christopher, Lucas, Jason, Adonis, Darius, Joshua, Christian, Dorian, Drew
Names related to Demetris
Demetrius, Demetrios, Demitrius, Demetrious, Demetrus, Demetruis
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
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, “Demetris: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/demetris, updated 20 October 2026.