Demi

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Demi: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Demi: Recorded since 1991, it reached #78 in 2005, and it stood at #413 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
88times a registrar ranked it
35years from first to last
#78highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Demi's record

Moved 171 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#79
1997	#80
1998	#101
1999	#110
2000	#120
2001	#125
2002	#111
2003	#115
2004	#109
2005	#78
2006	#95
2007	#125
2008	#137
2009	#142
2010	#161
2011	#213
2012	#246
2013	#233
2014	#283
2015	#325
2016	#369
2017	#453
2018	#431
2019	#371
2020	#378
2021	#469
2022	#550
2023	#608
2024	#696

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 34 of the 35 years from 1991 to 2025.

In 2024: #441 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #638 among girls in Scotland, #696 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1991–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1991
First recorded at #365 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1991 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #78 among girls in England and Wales, in 2005 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #413 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Demi appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 34 years beginning in 1991, and has registered 370 births with the name.

Demi across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Demi's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#365 (1991)	#197 (2006)	#413 (2025)	34 of 35	370 (1991–2025)	23 (2006)
England and Wales · Girls	#79 (1996)	#78 (2005)	#696 (2024)	29 of 29	9,006 (1996–2024)	689 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#85 (1997)	#85 (1997)	#328 (2023)	24 of 27	246 (1997–2023)	28 (1997)

Demi by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Demi in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	79	8 of 10	10
2000sbusiest	118	10 of 10	12
2010s	114	10 of 10	11
2020s	59	6 of 10	10

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Demi appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1991 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #78 in England and Wales in 2005.

Demi's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#696	54	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#608	62	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#550	71	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#469	91	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#378	116	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#371	118	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#431	101	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#453	97	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#369	124	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#325	144	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#283	169	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#233	216	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#246	206	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#213	235	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#161	325	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#142	388	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#137	395	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#125	452	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#95	562	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#78	683	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#109	488	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#115	435	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#111	411	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#125	375	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#120	409	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#110	444	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#101	513	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#80	633	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#79	689	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#328	4	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#298	5	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#333	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#361	4	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#432	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#426	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#365	4	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#297	6	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#224	8	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#172	12	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#253	7	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#228	8	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#301	5	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#101	20	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#114	17	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#122	15	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#132	14	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#142	13	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#139	13	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#135	14	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#110	19	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#129	16	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#85	28	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#413	9	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#441	8	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#625	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#389	10	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#299	14	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#315	13	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#457	8	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#436	9	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#365	11	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#585	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#276	18	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#321	15	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	16	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	11	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#437	10	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#444	10	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	14	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#403	11	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#307	14	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#197	23	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#245	16	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	14	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#278	11	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#413	5	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#211	16	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	6	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#259	13	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#250	14	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#309	9	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#320	9	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#365	7	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#638	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1991 and 2025, ranked in 34 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #78, first reached in 2005.

It held a top-100 place in 4 years, 2 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 689 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 33 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Demari · #2325, 18y
Demelza · #260, 34y
Demi-Lee · #230, 26y
Demi-Leigh · #220, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Campbell · #78, 31y
Joey · #78, 32y
Oliwia · #79, 31y
Ellis · #76, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Abi · #78, 30y
Campbell · #78, 31y
Joey · #78, 32y
Lyra · #78, 26y

Demi was ranked #78 in England and Wales · Girls in 2005. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Demi and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Demi without appearing here.

Demi moved ahead of

Jenny Compare
In 2016 they stood at #585 and #448 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #365 and #873.
Cassandra Compare
In 2024 they stood at #441 and #441 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #413 and #885.
Marianne Compare
In 2024 they stood at #441 and #441 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #413 and #885.
Melanie Compare
In 2024 they stood at #441 and #441 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #413 and #885.

Moved ahead of Demi

Daisy Compare
In 2006 they stood at #101 and #155 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #301 and #83.
Amelia Compare
In 2006 they stood at #101 and #114 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #301 and #84.
Phoebe Compare
In 2006 they stood at #101 and #121 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #301 and #91.
Eabha Compare
In 2006 they stood at #101 and #145 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #301 and #147.

Moved the opposite way to Demi

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Demi went from #79 to #696 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Demi went from #79 to #696 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Demi went from #79 to #696 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Demi went from #79 to #696 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Demi

Diane Compare
Between 1991 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Demi went from #365 to #625 and Diane from #250 to #727.
Ingrid Compare
Between 1994 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Demi went from #309 to #625 and Ingrid from #350 to #856.
Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Demi went from #79 to #696 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Demi went from #79 to #696 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1991 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #78 in England and Wales in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Demi

Demi at a glance

What stands out in Demi's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Demi across 3 official records

Demi by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Demi appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Demi

Demi and the names beside it

Demi moved ahead of

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Demi at a glance

What stands out in Demi's record

Demi across 3 official records

Demi by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Demi appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Demi

Demi and the names beside it

Demi moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Demi

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