Dimitry
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- dih-MEE-tree
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Dimitry is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “devoted to Demeter”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Dimitry mean?
Greek: spelling of Dimitri, itself a 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.
Meaning borrowed from Dimitri.
Is Dimitry a girl's or a boy's name?
Dimitry is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dimitry in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Dimitry, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the boys named Dimitry in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 236 boys in the US were given Dimitry or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #898, up from #8,906 for this spelling alone.
Dimitry in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 24 | #4,125 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
Nicknames for Dimitry
- Dima 7 girls in the UK in 2025
- Mitya
Names like Dimitry
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Damian Avery Cristian Armani Dakota Orion Adonis Josiah Elijah Xander Brody Nico
Other spellings of Dimitry
Names related to Dimitry
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe
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, “Dimitry: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dimitry, updated 20 October 2026.