Demarcus

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 169 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
169
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Demarcus by the numbers

Demarcus was given to 169 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 511 babies in 1991, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Demarcus

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Demarcus. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Demariusof Mars; a form of Darius30 in the US (2017)
  • Damarcus38 in the US (2017)
  • Dmarcus12 in the US (2017)
  • Demarkus7 in the US (2017)
  • Demarcoof mark; variant of de marco59 in the US (2017)
  • Demeriusof Demeter; a form of Demetrius8 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Demarcus

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