girls:
13.4k births since 1964
#1342 (77th percentile)
boys:
40 births since 2017
#4546 (1st percentile)
overall:
13.4k births since 1964
#2263 (71st percentile)
The name Demi is the #2,263 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 13,406 recorded births since 1964. This represents the 70.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 70.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,342 (76.5% percentile) for all time with 13,366 births since 1964. For boys, it ranks #4,546 (0.8% percentile) for all time with 40 births since 2017.
Demi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1964 (1964 for girls and 2017 for boys). Birth data for Demi is available in 45 out of the 60 years between 1964 and 2023 (45 years for girls and 5 years for boys). 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.
The name Demi has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.7% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Demi reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 67.2% percentile (ranked #309) with 516 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 516 births per million (ranked 67.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2008, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Demi ranks #367 for girls (61.3% percentile) with 444 births per million, which is 85.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Demi reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #904) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Demi is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #904 (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Demi".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Demi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.9% confident that Demi is pronounced as DEH-mee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is deh-MEE, at 9.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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