Given name
Demetric
“of the earth”
Demetric is a variant of Demetrick. One American interpretation is “of the earth.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Demetric is a variant of Demetrick. One American interpretation is “of the earth.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Demetric is a variant of Demetrick. An origin associated with Demetrick is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1958. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Demetric through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,546
- 2,135 boys · 411 girls
- Most popular year
- 1978
- 101 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,418 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −36%
- Cooling
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 100% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,418 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 78 in 1979. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,623 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Demetric’s family of names
Demetric has a related form in Demetrick.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
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.
Similar names
If you love Demetric, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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