Dimitris
A masculine Greek name derived from the word "demeter", meaning "follower of the goddess of agriculture".
Name Census estimates that about 501 living Americans carry the first name Dimitris. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Dimitris today is around 29 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Dimitris births was 1991 (19 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Dimitris. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Dimitris with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
501
~ 1 in 684,140 Americans
Peak year
1991
19 babies that year
Average age
29
years old
2024 SSA rank
#9,187
Tracked since 1970
Census
Dimitris in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 627 people with the first name Dimitris, which placed it at #17,540 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#17,540
National first-name rank
People counted
627
627 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.2
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
70.8% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Dimitris
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Dimitris is White at 70.8%. The next largest groups are Black (16.6%) and Hispanic (9.1%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Dimitris described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Dimitris at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White70.8% · 444
- Black or African American16.6% · 104
- Hispanic or Latino9.1% · 57
- Two or more races2.7% · 17
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.8% · 5
Popularity
Dimitris: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Dimitris from the 1970s through to the 2020s, spanning 6 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1990s, with 136 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1990s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Dimitris by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Dimitris during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Dimitris' live
Origin
Meaning and history of Dimitris
Dimitris is a Greek masculine given name derived from the ancient Greek name Demetrios, which ultimately traces its roots back to the name of the Greek goddess Demeter, the goddess of agriculture and fertility. The name Demetrios was widespread in ancient Greek civilization and can be found in various historical texts and records from that period.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Dimitris dates back to the 4th century BC, when Demetrius I Poliorcetes, a powerful Macedonian Greek king and one of the successors of Alexander the Great, ruled from 294 to 288 BC. He was known for his military campaigns and for laying siege to Rhodes, earning him the epithet "Poliorcetes," meaning "the city-taker."
In the realm of literature, the name Dimitris appears in the works of various ancient Greek writers and philosophers. For instance, Demetrius of Phaleron, an Athenian orator and statesman who lived in the 4th century BC, is mentioned by the ancient historian Diogenes Laertius in his work "Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers."
The name Dimitris also has religious significance within the Eastern Orthodox Christian tradition. Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki, a Christian martyr and saint who lived in the 3rd century AD, is widely venerated in the Orthodox Church. His feast day is celebrated on October 26th, and numerous churches and monasteries have been dedicated to him across Greece and other Orthodox Christian nations.
Throughout history, several notable figures have borne the name Dimitris. One prominent example is Dimitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), the renowned Russian composer and pianist who composed numerous symphonies, concertos, and film scores during the Soviet era. Another notable figure is Dimitri Mendeleev (1834-1907), the Russian chemist who is best known for formulating the Periodic Table of Elements.
Other famous individuals with the name Dimitris include Dimitri Amilon (1839-1924), a Greek painter and a pioneer of the Munich School of Greek art, and Dimitri Mitropoulos (1896-1960), a Greek conductor and composer who served as the music director of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra from 1949 to 1958.
People
Dimitris + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Dimitris as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with D
Other first names starting with D with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Dimitris: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Dimitris?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 501 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Dimitris going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 684,140 US residents.
Is Dimitris a common name?
We classify Dimitris as "Very Rare". It ranks above 84.6% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 516 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Dimitris most popular?
The single biggest year for Dimitris was 1991, when 19 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Dimitris is about 29 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Dimitris in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 627 people with the name Dimitris, or 0.21 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #17,540 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Dimitris in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Dimitris?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Dimitris leans strongly male. 613 people counted with this name were male (96.4%), compared with 23 female bearers (3.6%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Dimitris?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Dimitris is White at 70.8%. The next largest groups are Black (16.6%) and Hispanic (9.1%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Dimitris most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Dimitris in the 2020 Census, accounting for 70.8% (444 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Dimitris in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Dimitris a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Dimitris in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Dimitris still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Dimitris in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Dimitris can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How common is the name Dimitris?
For a quick modern take, check how many people share the name Dimitris on our sister site HowManyOfMe.org.