Demon
Boy · DEE-mun · Greek
Demon is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Demon mean?
Greek: probably a respelling of Damon
Probably a respelling of Damon; the English word demon comes from Greek daimon, a spirit or minor god.
- Say it
- DEE-mun
Is Demon a girl's or a boy's name?
Demon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Demon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Demon, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1974, with 35 boys. It first appears in the records in 1969.
Half of all the boys named Demon in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Demon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 23 | #3,612 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,240 |
| 1992 | 27 | #2,593 |
| 1991 | 22 | #2,909 |
| 1990 | 23 | #2,774 |
| 1989 | 21 | #2,896 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 21 | #2,426 |
| 1984 | 24 | #2,158 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,070 |
| 1982 | 33 | #1,733 |
| 1981 | 25 | #2,085 |
| 1980 | 28 | #1,965 |
| 1979 | 26 | #1,991 |
| 1978 | 34 | #1,616 |
| 1977 | 27 | #1,858 |
| 1976 | 32 | #1,645 |
| 1975 | 35 | #1,504 |
| 1974 | 35 | #1,471 |
| 1973 | 27 | #1,696 |
| 1972 | 20 | #2,020 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
Names like Demon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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