Girl name#1,151 of girl names
Demi
Pronounced D EH1 M IY0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2020
- 61 years in use
How popular is Demi?
Demi is a girls' name, and first appears in 1964. It has been given to 14,107 children — the 1,151st most common girls' name on record.
It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2020, when 913 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- D EH1 M IY0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Demi
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Demi
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Demi?
- Demi ranks 1,151st among girls' names in US records, with 14,107 births since 1964. Over the past decade it accounts for 7,275.
- Is Demi a unisex name?
- No. Demi is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Demi most popular?
- 2020, when 913 children were given the name. It has been in use for 61 years and is still recorded as of 2024.