# Demarcus (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/demarcus/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 13,647 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 13,618 / 29 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 7 | 8,567 |
| 1986 | 10 | 6,722 |
| 1987 | 7 | 9,013 |
| 1989 | 5 | 12,889 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 222 | 910 |
| 2012 | 217 | 938 |
| 2013 | 227 | 914 |
| 2014 | 205 | 1,006 |
| 2015 | 181 | 1,082 |
| 2016 | 165 | 1,161 |
| 2017 | 171 | 1,123 |
| 2018 | 164 | 1,169 |
| 2019 | 130 | 1,373 |
| 2020 | 139 | 1,298 |
| 2021 | 93 | 1,740 |
| 2022 | 89 | 1,815 |
| 2023 | 83 | 1,899 |
| 2024 | 68 | 2,157 |
| 2025 | 66 | 2,168 |

## People named Demarcus

- DeMarcus Cousins, American basketball player (born 1990)
- DeMarcus Ware, American football player (born 1982)
- DeMarcus Nelson, American basketball player
- Demarcus Lawrence, American football player (born 1992)
- DeMarcus Corley, American boxer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.