Demetra
Demetra is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 7 births. Its best rank was 900th, in 1966.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 70.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1975127 births
- Best rank
- #900in 1966
- Since 1912
- 4,197people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,197 girls have been named Demetra in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1975, with 127 births.
The name has all but left use: 7 births in 2024, against 127 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1972, and the 1970s alone account for 24%. It has spent 3 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Demetra | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 95 | |
| 1920s | 199 | |
| 1930s | 184 | |
| 1940s | 199 | |
| 1950s | 306 | |
| 1960s | 870 | |
| 1970s | 998 | |
| 1980s | 571 | |
| 1990s | 400 | |
| 2000s | 204 | |
| 2010s | 128 | |
| 2020s | 43 |
In 1975, its biggest year
Demetra was the 975th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1975 were Jennifer, Amy, Heather, Melissa and Angela. See all of 1975.
Names that rose and fell with Demetra
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Soniapeak 1970
- Carmanpeak 1970
- Eugenapeak 1965
- Devonapeak 1970
- Criseldapeak 1974
- Patrinapeak 1971
- Felisapeak 1970
- Angelapeak 1971
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.