boys:
2k births since 1978
#2818 (39th percentile)
overall:
2k births since 1978
#5784 (25th percentile)
The name Demarius is the #5,784 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,987 recorded births since 1978. This represents the 25.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 25.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,818 (38.5% percentile) for all time with 1,987 births since 1978.
Demarius first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1978 (first recorded for boys in 1978).
For boys, Demarius reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 11.1% percentile (ranked #778) with 47 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 47 births per million (ranked 11.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2013, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Demarius ranks #902 for boys (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 16.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Demarius".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Demarius. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 42.9% confident that Demarius is pronounced as duh-MEH-ree-uhs, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is deh-MEH-ree-uhs, at 20.0% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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