Demi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DEM-ee
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #672 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #380 for girls
Demi is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 672nd for girls in the UK (61 babies) and 380th for girls in the US (804 babies).
What does Demi mean?
Greek: short form of Demetria, from Demeter
Often linked with Demeter, the Greek goddess of the harvest.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Demi a girl's or a boy's name?
Demi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 61 girls in the UK and 804 girls and 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Demi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 672nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 61 about 1 in 4,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 61 girls in the UK were named Demi, making it the 672nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 359th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 787 girls.
Half of all the girls named Demi in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 634th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1994 (#86).
Demi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | #672 |
| 2024 | 58 | #711 |
| 2023 | 72 | #578 |
| 2022 | 75 | #566 |
| 2021 | 107 | #447 |
| 2020 | 136 | #359 |
| 2019 | 127 | #379 |
| 2018 | 113 | #431 |
| 2017 | 103 | #472 |
| 2016 | 131 | #385 |
| 2015 | 161 | #323 |
| 2014 | 190 | #278 |
| 2013 | 243 | #231 |
| 2012 | 234 | #240 |
| 2011 | 271 | #210 |
| 2010 | 364 | #166 |
| 2009 | 450 | #137 |
| 2008 | 454 | #131 |
| 2007 | 507 | #120 |
| 2006 | 648 | #95 |
| 2005 | 781 | #76 |
| 2004 | 580 | #102 |
| 2003 | 509 | #113 |
| 2002 | 494 | #109 |
| 2001 | 441 | #123 |
| 2000 | 478 | #119 |
| 1999 | 538 | #111 |
| 1998 | 589 | #101 |
| 1997 | 737 | #82 |
| 1996 | 787 | #81 |
How popular is Demi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 380th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 804 about 1 in 2,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 804 girls in the US were named Demi, making it the 380th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 339th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 914 girls. It first appears in the records in 1964. 7 boys were also named Demi in 2025 (9,710th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Demi in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Demi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 804 | #380 |
| 2024 | 694 | #452 |
| 2023 | 778 | #394 |
| 2022 | 781 | #402 |
| 2021 | 844 | #366 |
| 2020 | 914 | #339 |
| 2019 | 808 | #387 |
| 2018 | 778 | #396 |
| 2017 | 641 | #486 |
| 2016 | 550 | #565 |
| 2015 | 490 | #601 |
| 2014 | 452 | #633 |
| 2013 | 373 | #732 |
| 2012 | 337 | #793 |
| 2011 | 324 | #820 |
| 2010 | 316 | #848 |
| 2009 | 309 | #887 |
| 2008 | 169 | #1,405 |
| 2007 | 154 | #1,503 |
| 2006 | 157 | #1,436 |
| 2005 | 158 | #1,367 |
| 2004 | 173 | #1,251 |
| 2003 | 180 | #1,190 |
| 2002 | 130 | #1,467 |
| 2001 | 165 | #1,224 |
| 2000 | 183 | #1,111 |
| 1999 | 172 | #1,136 |
| 1998 | 253 | #842 |
| 1997 | 289 | #737 |
| 1996 | 347 | #646 |
| 1995 | 364 | #611 |
| 1994 | 313 | #677 |
| 1993 | 362 | #623 |
| 1992 | 355 | #634 |
| 1991 | 333 | #655 |
| 1990 | 168 | #1,055 |
| 1989 | 84 | #1,635 |
| 1988 | 80 | #1,613 |
| 1987 | 31 | #3,028 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
Names like Demi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Oluwadarasimi, Oluwanifemi, Tiaraoluwa, Zuri, Remi, Chisom, Chisimdi, Kamsiyochukwu, Oluwatamilore, Temiloluwa, Ifeoluwa, Ireoluwa
Other spellings of Demi
Names related to Demi
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
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, “Demi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/demi, updated 20 October 2026.