The first name Demetrios

In 2025, 16 boys born in the United States were named Demetrios, the 5,669th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1974, when 77 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Demetrios Palaiologos
  Despot of Morea, 1407–1470
• Demetrios Kydones
  Byzantine statesman (1324–1398)
• Demetrios Chomatenos
  Byzantine archbishop and judge, 1165–1300
• Demetrios Laskaris Leontares
  Byzantine admiral and statesman, 1301–1431
• Demetrius I of Bactria
  2nd century BC Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek king, -300–-180
• Demetrius of Thessaloniki
  Christian martyr (died 306)
• Demetrius of Pharos
  Ancient chieftain of the Illyrians, 3rd c. BCE, -300–-213
• Dimitrios Demeter
  Croatian writer (1811–1872)
• Dimitrios Angelos Doukas
  Byzantine despot, born 1220
• Demetrius Lacon
  Epicurean philosopher; disciple of Protarchus; contemporary of Zeno of Sidon; teacher of P, born -150
• Demetrius of Scepsis
  Ancient Greek historian and scholar, -204–-200
• George Papadopoulos
  American political advisor (born 1987)

How popular is the name Demetrios?

In 2023, 3 boys born in England and Wales were named Demetrios, ranking 4,991st. Its peak was 2009, with 5 births.

Is Demetrios a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a boy's name: 100% of the 2,770 US babies named Demetrios since 1880 were boys.

When was Demetrios most popular?

1974 in the United States, when 77 babies were named Demetrios, its highest rank at 927th.