Boy
Demetrius
As a boy's name, Demetrius is understood to mean "follower of Demeter, goddess of the harvest". It is not as common as it was in the 1990s, though it has not disappeared. Today, it is comfortably in the mainstream in the registry. Its single strongest year on record was 1991.
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EtymologyMeaning "follower of Demeter," goddess of the harvest
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
36
1920s
42
1930s
19
1940s
86
1950s
584
1960s
2,916
1970s
6,948
1980s
7,629
1990s
8,551
2000s
5,775
2010s
3,139
Peaked in the 1990s · 35,725 total U.S. births since 1900