Given name & surname
Demarcus
“the son of Marcus”
Demarcus is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “the son of Marcus.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “the son of Marcus.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1956. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Demarcus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 13,647
- 13,618 boys · 29 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 511 babies
- 2025
- 66
- #2,168 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −48%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 66 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,168 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 48.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 511 in 1991. In 2025, Tennessee had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (9). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 9,564 as a first name in 2020; 434 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.
Demarcus’s family of names
Demarcus has a related form in DeMarco. Demarcus has a related form in Damarcus. Demarcus has a related form in Demarkus.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- DeMarcovariant
- Damarcusvariant
- DeMarkovariant
- Damarkusvariant
- DeMarquezvariant
- Demarkusvariant
- Demarccuslikely variant
- DeMarquissvariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Demarcus
- DeMarcus CousinsAmerican basketball player (born 1990)
- DeMarcus WareAmerican football player (born 1982)
- DeMarcus LawrenceAmerican football player (born 1992)
- DeMarcus NelsonAmerican basketball playerborn 1985
- DeMarcus CorleyAmerican boxerborn 1974
- DeMarcus WalkerAmerican football player (born 1994)
- DeMarcus Van Dykeplayer of American footballborn 1989
- Demarcus HollandAmerican basketball player (born 1994)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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