# Dimitra (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dimitra/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 898 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 898 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 64, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Greek Δήμητρα (Dímitra), a female given name used in modern Greece.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | 17,751 |
| 2011 | 7 | 13,750 |
| 2012 | 9 | 11,531 |
| 2014 | 5 | 17,258 |
| 2015 | 9 | 11,150 |
| 2016 | 6 | 14,824 |
| 2017 | 9 | 10,926 |
| 2018 | 8 | 11,685 |
| 2019 | 7 | 12,807 |
| 2020 | 8 | 11,368 |
| 2021 | 6 | 13,936 |
| 2022 | 7 | 12,593 |
| 2023 | 13 | 8,173 |
| 2024 | 12 | 8,583 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12,242 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,998 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2015 | 7 | 3,252 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3,148 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,771 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

## People named Dimitra

- Dimitra Arliss, American actress (1932–2012)

## 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.