Demi

What Demi means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Demi yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1964, with 5 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Demi?

US: Rising: up from #601 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #325 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2020, when 914 girls got the name (#339 that year). First in the US records in 1964.

How common

• About 1 in 1,999 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 4,152 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in LA (3.73 per 1,000 girls), MS (1.69 per 1,000 girls), IL (1.04 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Demi is #380 in the US and #634 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.1% of US babies named Demi were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Tomi20 US
• Dima13 US · 7 E&W
• Deema14 US · 5 E&W
• Tami12 US · 3 E&W
• Tema8 US
• Temi7 US
• Diem7 US
• Deymi7 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Demi

Girls

• Blake#295“black”^*
• Blair#169“field, plain”^*
• Rosie#283Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #775 in 2015, #283 in 2025
• Margot#102Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #592 in 2015, #102 in 2025
• Rosalie#171“rose”^*
• Wrenley#158Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #158 vs #1,454 in 2025

For a brother

• Calvin#132“bald”^*
• Wesley#52“west + wood, clearing”^*
• Dean#125“valley”^*
• Leon#138“lion”^*
• Warren#240“river, water”^*
• Theodore#4Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #99 in 2015, #4 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Demi’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.