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Demi

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Demi is ranked 451st among girls in 2024 (693 births). Its best rank was 339th, in 2020.

Rank in 2024
#451down 57 from 2023
Births in 2024
6930.04% of girls
Peak year
2020913 births
Best rank
#339in 2020
Since 1964
14,062people given the name
Babies named Demi, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

14,062 girls have been named Demi in the United States since 1964, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2020, with 913 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2015, and the 2010s alone account for 36%. It has spent 24 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadegirls named Demi
1960s10
1970s7
1980s234
1990s2,956
2000s1,778
2010s5,069
2020s4,008

In 2020, its biggest year

Demi was the 339th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2020 were Olivia, Emma, Ava, Charlotte and Sophia. See all of 2020.

Names that rose and fell with Demi

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.