Is Demaris a boy or girl name?

Demaris is a unisex name. Of the 1,304 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 78.1% were girls and 21.9% were boys. It changed hands in 1987, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Demaris

Recorded 1914–2021 · United States

Demaris was most popular in 1987, when 26 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,386 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,304 people named Demaris.

Demaris over time

Births per year. The dot marks Demaris’s peak in 1987. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Demaris a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Demaris is a unisex name — 78.1% of the 1,304 Americans given it were girls and 21.9% were boys. It changed hands: since 1987 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 53% girls and 47% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org