girls:
844 births since 1888
#4872 (15th percentile)
overall:
844 births since 1888
#6895 (11th percentile)
The name Dema is the #6,895 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 844 recorded births since 1888. This represents the 10.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,872 (14.7% percentile) for all time with 844 births since 1888.
Dema first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1888 (first recorded for girls in 1888). Birth data for Dema is available in 90 out of the 136 years between 1888 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Dema reached its peak popularity in 1919, achieving the 3.2% percentile (ranked #575) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 1892, with 40 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Dema ranks #941 for girls (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 15.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dema".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Dema. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 48.8% confident that Dema is pronounced as DEE-muh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DEH-muh, at 43.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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