Given name & surname
DeMarco
“the son of Marcus”
DeMarco is a variant of Demarcus. One American interpretation is “the son of Marcus.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
DeMarco is a variant of Demarcus. One American interpretation is “the son of Marcus.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
DeMarco is a variant of Demarcus. An origin associated with Demarcus is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1955. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
DeMarco through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,562
- 5,562 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 194 babies
- 2025
- 19
- #5,083 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −41%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 19 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,083 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 41.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 194 in 1998. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,836 as a first name in 2020; 13,816 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
DeMarco’s family of names
DeMarco has a related form in Demarcus. In English usage, DeMarco as a surname was borrowed from the Italian form De Marco.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named DeMarco
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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