Demyan

#10,981 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Damian

Demyan has been given to 96 babies in the U.S. since 2003. In 2025 it ranked #10,981 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2012, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Demyan, 2025

1 in 553,000

Demyan over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Demyan: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Damian

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Demyan means

Demyan is a form of Damian.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Demyan → Damian. The family’s meaning is “to tame”, recorded in English with the source elements damáō.

Origin, language, and formation

Demyan is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Damian.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 96 boys were recorded with the name Demyan between 2003 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2012; its best national rank was #7,674 in 2012.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #10,930 in 2020 to #10,981 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Demyan?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 553,000; 6 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 285,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #10,981; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 382,984 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Demyan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Demyan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Demyans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Demyan was born before 2013 — so the typical Demyan is around 12 today.

Median birth year: 2013; About 12 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 36.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 96; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 36.5% of all recorded uses (35).

Is Demyan 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: −2,499; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −51; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 60.0%; Peak was 2012 (10)
Years since peak: 13; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 34.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,674; 2012

Spellings of Demyan

Demyan is not the most common spelling — Dean is, with 46.2% against Demyan's 0.02%.

Dean46.2%192,930
Damian26.3%109,920
Declan14.0%58,547
Devan3.3%13,639
Devyn1.6%6,793
Dejuan1.3%5,520
Desean0.96%4,031
Dequan0.92%3,850

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.

Demyan around the world

Where Demyan ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2023–2023
#4,992
in 2023
France
2007–2016
#5,484
in 2016

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Demyan by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #10,981
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 51
Best rank ever: #7,674; 2012
Peak year: 2012; 10 that year
First recorded: 2003
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 96
Count in 2025: 6

Names similar to Demyan

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Demiri Demba Demier Kilyan Demarr Khiyan Demico Zaiyan Nahyan Dempsy Demoni Dayyan Demeco Saiyan Aviyan Hayyan Demeir Demere Raayan Aliyan Demazi Demilade Aavyan Demani

Sibling names for Demyan

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Abagail Sydnie Annabell Rhianna Sydni Alysa Adelle Kendyl

For a brother

Aaden Kale Brennen Jerimiah Jorden Gavyn Tobin Jarod

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