boy's name

Demosthenes

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 11
  • Births on record 68

France

#677

1906 births

Demosthenes is a boy's name. In 2007 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1923, when 8 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1914.

Demosthenes over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2007, not a full ten years.

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Births named Demosthenes by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 10
1920s 19
1930s 7
1940s 5
1970s 5
1980s 11
2000s (to 2007) 6

How popular is Demosthenes?

In 2007, Demosthenes was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Demosthenes is used

France #677 5 in 1906
United States #11,277 6 in 2007

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Demosthenes

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Demosthenes also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Demosthenes over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Demosthenes

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Demosthenes — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Demosthenes

How popular is the name Demosthenes?

In 2007, Demosthenes was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Demosthenes a girl's or a boy's name?

Demosthenes is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Demosthenes most popular?

Demosthenes peaked in 1923, when 8 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.