# Demetrios (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/demetrios/  
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 | 2,770 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,770 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 34, 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 42 | 2,811 |
| 2012 | 26 | 3,922 |
| 2013 | 32 | 3,353 |
| 2014 | 22 | 4,425 |
| 2015 | 32 | 3,452 |
| 2016 | 21 | 4,656 |
| 2017 | 16 | 5,588 |
| 2018 | 17 | 5,374 |
| 2019 | 25 | 4,141 |
| 2020 | 16 | 5,514 |
| 2021 | 18 | 5,168 |
| 2022 | 16 | 5,686 |
| 2023 | 12 | 6,995 |
| 2024 | 16 | 5,721 |
| 2025 | 16 | 5,669 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 2,863 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,134 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3,225 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |
| 2006 | 4 | 3,385 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |

## People named Demetrios

- Demetrios Palaiologos, Despot of Morea
- Demetrios Kydones, Byzantine statesman (1324–1398)
- Demetrios Chomatenos, Byzantine archbishop and judge
- Demetrios Laskaris Leontares, Byzantine admiral and statesman
- Demetrius I of Bactria, 2nd century BC Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek king
- Demetrius of Thessaloniki, Christian martyr (died 306)
- Demetrius of Pharos, ancient chieftain of the Illyrians, 3rd c. BCE
- Dimitrios Demeter, Croatian writer (1811–1872)
- Dimitrios Angelos Doukas, Byzantine despot
- Demetrius Lacon, Epicurean philosopher; disciple of Protarchus; contemporary of Zeno of Sidon; teacher of P
- Demetrius of Scepsis, ancient Greek historian and scholar
- George Papadopoulos, American political advisor (born 1987)

## 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.