Demian
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DEM-ee-an
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,771 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,480 for boys
Demian is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “to tame”. In 2025 it ranked 1,771st for boys in the UK (15 babies) and 2,480th for boys in the US (54 babies).
What does Demian mean?
Greek: form of Damian
“to tame”
Demian is the title of Hermann Hesse's 1919 novel; Damian comes from Greek damazein, to tame.
Is Demian a girl's or a boy's name?
Demian is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the UK and 54 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Demian in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,771st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popular new in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were named Demian, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd.
2025 had the most boys named Demian of any year since it first appeared, in 2006.
Half of all the boys named Demian in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,703rd in England and Wales.
Demian in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
How popular is Demian in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,480th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 54 about 1 in 32,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 54 boys in the US were named Demian, making it the 2,480th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,688th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 90 boys. It first appears in the records in 1966.
Half of all the boys named Demian in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Demian in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | #2,480 |
| 2024 | 60 | #2,345 |
| 2023 | 60 | #2,314 |
| 2022 | 66 | #2,190 |
| 2021 | 41 | #2,971 |
| 2020 | 46 | #2,688 |
| 2019 | 47 | #2,693 |
| 2018 | 43 | #2,795 |
| 2017 | 47 | #2,636 |
| 2016 | 47 | #2,625 |
| 2015 | 40 | #2,918 |
| 2014 | 70 | #2,016 |
| 2013 | 68 | #2,008 |
| 2012 | 78 | #1,862 |
| 2011 | 62 | #2,128 |
| 2010 | 62 | #2,143 |
| 2009 | 58 | #2,251 |
| 2008 | 67 | #2,061 |
| 2007 | 90 | #1,681 |
| 2006 | 54 | #2,309 |
| 2005 | 45 | #2,489 |
| 2004 | 47 | #2,372 |
| 2003 | 34 | #2,843 |
| 2002 | 32 | #2,878 |
| 2001 | 29 | #3,056 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 15 | #2,964 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 29 | #1,794 |
| 1977 | 46 | #1,335 |
| 1976 | 54 | #1,163 |
| 1975 | 57 | #1,114 |
| 1974 | 78 | #919 |
| 1973 | 57 | #1,074 |
| 1972 | 51 | #1,137 |
| 1971 | 72 | #958 |
| 1970 | 64 | #1,016 |
| 1969 | 35 | #1,351 |
| 1968 | 16 | #2,029 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
Names like Demian
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Damian, Sebastian, Cillian, Dorian, Rowan, Rian, Tobias, Orion, Lucas, Nico, Elijah, Hudson
Names related to Demian
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Sofia, Alexander, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Maisie
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, “Demian: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/demian, updated 20 October 2026.