Demetrius

Boy's name · #1229 in the US (2025) · 90s wave

Popularity over time

Demetrius reached #259 in 1991 and has eased to #1229 since. About 36,000 boys have carried it since 1912.

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 26 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

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#2,789 in Canada (2025) · #3,684 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,193 in Sweden (2023) · #4,524 in Ecuador (2012) · #560 in France (1909).

Demetrius of Phalerum — Greek statesman and philosopher (c. 350–c. 280 BCE)
Demetrius I of Macedon — King of Macedon (294–288 BC) (336 or 337–283 BCE)
Demetrius I Soter — King of Seleucid Empire from 162 to 150 BC (187–150 BCE)
Demetrius II Nicator — Seleucid King of Syria from 145 to 138 BC (161–125 BCE)
Demetrius of Thessaloniki — Christian martyr (died 306)
Demetrius I of Bactria — Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek king (2nd century BCE)
Demetrius Zvonimir of Croatia — King of Croatia and Dalmatia from 1075 to 1089 (died 1089)
Demetrius III Eucaerus — Seleucid King of Syria from 96 to 87 BC (died 88 BCE)

Among 198 notable people named Demetrius:

Sports figures appear 2.23× more often than among typical names — e.g. Demetrius Pinder, Bahamian sprinter (born 1989).

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