How Many People Are Named Demetra?

3,464

people named Demetra are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 98,667 people in the US has this name

Based on 4,217 babies named Demetra in Social Security records from 1912 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#4,701

πŸ’ŽπŸ’Ž Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#2,643

See the top 100

Peak Year

1975

133 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

πŸ“– Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Italian, Romanian, Greek
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Italian and Romanian form of DEMETER (1), as well as a variant transcription of Greek DIMITRA.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

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⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
99.7%
Male
0.3%

Almost all of the babies given the name Demetra (99.7%) were girls.

πŸ‘₯ Age Distribution

The average person named Demetra alive today is about 48 years old, and 63% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 38 and 59 in 2025.

Under 30 518
15%
30 to 59 2,169
62.6%
60 and over 777
22.4%

πŸ“ˆ Popularity Over Time

Demetra first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 1975, to 133 babies. In 2025, 7 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 2025

πŸ† Rank History

Demetra has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #900, in 1966. In 2025 it ranked #12,224.

Girls
Rank in 2025#12,224
Best rank#900 (1966)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,187 in the 1970s

πŸ“ State-Wise Distribution

People named Demetra alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Demetra were born in Texas than in any other state: about 361 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Demetra was given 3.7 times as often in Louisiana, 3.5 times in Texas and 3.4 times in Illinois.

Texas 361
Illinois 228
New York 222
California 138
Louisiana 107
Mississippi 58
Georgia 41
Tennessee 40
Alabama 38
Florida 37
Massachusetts 29
South Carolina 21
Ohio 20
Michigan 19
North Carolina 9
New Jersey 6
Virginia 6
Pennsylvania 5
Indiana 5
District of Columbia 5
Missouri 4

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