Demaris
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Demaris has been given to 1,304 babies in the U.S. since 1914. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1952, with 25 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 78% girls, 22% boys all-time.
Babies named Demaris, 2019
1 in 434,000
Demaris over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Demaris over time
In 2021, Demaris went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Demaris?
Demaris had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2019, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 2019
- 1 in 434,000
- 8 of 3,472,229 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 210,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2019
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 300,847 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Demaris sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2019 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 300,847 children born in 2019 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Demaris. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Demariss were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Demaris was born before 1956 — so the typical Demaris is around 69 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1930s
- 13.7% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 14.7%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 599
- People you could plausibly meet
1930s — 13.7% of all recorded uses (139).
Is Demaris rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1952 (25)
- Years since peak
- 73
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 30.5% average annual change
Spellings of Demaris
Demaris is not the most common spelling — Deloris is, with 49.7% against Demaris's 1.5%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Demaris is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Demaris was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,433,835 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2New York1 in —
- 3Pennsylvania1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Demaris has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Demaris is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Demaris was most concentrated in Michigan — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,150,926 across all states with data. It was least common in North Carolina (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Michigan1 in —
- 2North Carolina1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Demaris has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Demaris by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Demaris
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Demaris
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.