# Demetria (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/demetria/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /dɪˈmiːtɹiə/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | Demi |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 11,101 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 141 / 10,960 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 25, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 59 | 2,918 |
| 2012 | 52 | 3,179 |
| 2013 | 55 | 3,016 |
| 2014 | 53 | 3,120 |
| 2015 | 52 | 3,189 |
| 2016 | 33 | 4,366 |
| 2017 | 39 | 3,866 |
| 2018 | 51 | 3,170 |
| 2019 | 46 | 3,407 |
| 2020 | 25 | 5,049 |
| 2021 | 27 | 4,874 |
| 2022 | 24 | 5,357 |
| 2023 | 12 | 8,615 |
| 2024 | 24 | 5,341 |
| 2025 | 24 | 5,285 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 11 | 3,180 |
| 1975 | 9 | 3,721 |
| 1977 | 12 | 3,245 |
| 1978 | 9 | 3,933 |
| 1979 | 5 | 6,280 |
| 1980 | 6 | 5,696 |
| 1981 | 5 | 6,504 |
| 1982 | 8 | 4,689 |
| 1985 | 6 | 5,970 |
| 1987 | 6 | 6,301 |
| 1989 | 8 | 5,767 |
| 1991 | 11 | 4,842 |
| 1992 | 10 | 5,318 |
| 1993 | 5 | 9,073 |
| 1995 | 8 | 6,536 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | 3,126 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

## People named Demetria

- Demetria McKinney, American actress and singer (born 1979)
- Demi Lovato, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1992)

## 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.