Given name & surname
Demario
“the son of Mario”
Demario is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “the son of Mario.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “the son of Mario.”
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 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Demario through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6,381
- 6,364 boys · 17 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 338 babies
- 2025
- 30
- #3,681 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −30%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 30 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,681 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 29.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 334 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,244 as a first name in 2020; 641 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.
Demario’s family of names
Demario has a related form in Demarrio. Demario has a related form in Dimario. Demario has a related form in D'Mario.
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 Demario
- Moneybagg YoAmerican rapper from Tennesseeborn 1991
- Demario DavisAmerican football player (born 1989)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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