Dimitri
Boy · dih-MEE-tree · Greek
Dimitri is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “devoted to Demeter”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 1,097th for boys in the US (195 babies).
What does Dimitri mean?
Greek: form of Demetrios, via Russian Dmitri
“devoted to Demeter”
Dmitri Mendeleev created the periodic table, and Dmitri is the eldest brother in Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov.
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Is Dimitri a girl's or a boy's name?
Dimitri is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 195 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dimitri in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Dimitri, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 19 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Dimitri than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Dimitri in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were given Dimitri or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,959, up from #3,021 for this spelling alone.
- Dimitri 7
- Dmitri 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Dimitri in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 14 | #1,756 |
| 2018 | 18 | #1,486 |
| 2017 | 15 | #1,738 |
| 2016 | 15 | #1,723 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,612 |
| 2014 | 14 | #1,743 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,636 |
| 2012 | 13 | #1,850 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,619 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,654 |
| 2009 | 17 | #1,451 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,547 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,540 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,640 |
| 2005 | 19 | #1,180 |
| 2004 | 14 | #1,348 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,608 |
| 2002 | 8 | #1,728 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,165 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,259 |
| 1997 | 15 | #1,025 |
| 1996 | 13 | #1,083 |
How popular is Dimitri in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,097among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 195about 1 in 8,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 195 boys in the US were named Dimitri, making it the 1,097th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,013th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 401 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917.
2025 had fewer boys named Dimitri than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Dimitri in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 236 boys in the US were given Dimitri or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #898, up from #1,097 for this spelling alone.
Dimitri in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 195 | #1,097 |
| 2024 | 226 | #993 |
| 2023 | 201 | #1,073 |
| 2022 | 200 | #1,090 |
| 2021 | 221 | #991 |
| 2020 | 205 | #1,013 |
| 2019 | 210 | #997 |
| 2018 | 202 | #1,018 |
| 2017 | 237 | #905 |
| 2016 | 221 | #944 |
| 2015 | 240 | #904 |
| 2014 | 245 | #884 |
| 2013 | 186 | #1,035 |
| 2012 | 195 | #1,011 |
| 2011 | 198 | #987 |
| 2010 | 177 | #1,086 |
| 2009 | 194 | #1,011 |
| 2008 | 187 | #1,024 |
| 2007 | 195 | #996 |
| 2006 | 155 | #1,121 |
| 2005 | 186 | #937 |
| 2004 | 174 | #962 |
| 2003 | 208 | #835 |
| 2002 | 220 | #783 |
| 2001 | 232 | #747 |
| 2000 | 234 | #731 |
| 1999 | 249 | #676 |
| 1998 | 253 | #673 |
| 1997 | 247 | #663 |
| 1996 | 192 | #765 |
| 1995 | 257 | #650 |
| 1994 | 303 | #590 |
| 1993 | 322 | #570 |
| 1992 | 401 | #503 |
| 1991 | 194 | #724 |
| 1990 | 88 | #1,151 |
| 1989 | 106 | #990 |
| 1988 | 94 | #1,002 |
| 1987 | 70 | #1,139 |
| 1986 | 80 | #1,040 |
| 1985 | 64 | #1,169 |
| 1984 | 63 | #1,143 |
| 1983 | 64 | #1,120 |
| 1982 | 54 | #1,263 |
| 1981 | 39 | #1,547 |
| 1980 | 45 | #1,410 |
| 1979 | 53 | #1,260 |
| 1978 | 60 | #1,134 |
| 1977 | 68 | #1,047 |
| 1976 | 41 | #1,390 |
| 1975 | 49 | #1,208 |
| 1974 | 43 | #1,290 |
| 1973 | 42 | #1,268 |
| 1972 | 42 | #1,285 |
| 1971 | 22 | #1,915 |
| 1970 | 37 | #1,373 |
| 1969 | 37 | #1,302 |
| 1968 | 34 | #1,314 |
| 1967 | 33 | #1,311 |
| 1966 | 36 | #1,258 |
| 1965 | 37 | #1,254 |
| 1964 | 44 | #1,160 |
| 1963 | 32 | #1,374 |
| 1962 | 20 | #1,804 |
| 1961 | 26 | #1,569 |
| 1960 | 22 | #1,727 |
| 1959 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1958 | 17 | #1,952 |
| 1957 | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1956 | 19 | #1,820 |
| 1955 | 24 | #1,571 |
| 1954 | 18 | #1,825 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 10 | #2,512 |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,660 |
| 1950 | 11 | #2,320 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 10 | #2,442 |
| 1947 | 10 | #2,497 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 14 | #1,889 |
| 1943 | 6 | #3,229 |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
Nicknames for Dimitri
- Dima 7 girls in the UK in 2025
- Mitya
Names like Dimitri
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