Meaning and history
Latinized form of the Greek name Δημήτριος (Demetrios), derived from the name of the Greek goddess Demeter. It was borne by kings of Macedon and the Seleucid kingdom and by several early saints, including Demetrius of Thessalonica, a 4th-century martyr regarded as a warrior.
20062006: 628 births, rank #436
2007: 541 births, rank #491
2008: 523 births, rank #520
2009: 484 births, rank #545
2010: 501 births, rank #513
20112011: 432 births, rank #580
2012: 396 births, rank #616
2013: 425 births, rank #597
2014: 362 births, rank #690
2015: 374 births, rank #679
20162016: 333 births, rank #733
2017: 325 births, rank #734
2018: 346 births, rank #700
2019: 283 births, rank #808
2020: 266 births, rank #856
20212021: 286 births, rank #831
2022: 229 births, rank #982
2023: 261 births, rank #890
2024: 213 births, rank #1,042
20252025: 164 births, rank #1,227
Demetrius rose from #985 to #890 for boys between 2022 and 2023. Its highest annual birth count came in 1991, with 1,052 births.