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Demarko

Masculine · “Latin Marcus”

1972high 1993
#10695 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare6 boys in 2025

Mark, Marcus, Martin, Marcia and the month of March all belong to the war god. Mars owned the opening of the Roman year because that was when campaigning started, and his name is scattered through the calendar and the name stock alike.

How old is the name Demarko?

Demarko first appears in US birth records in 1972 — 53 years ago. The typical Demarko alive today was born around 1994, making them about 31 years old. About 700 people named Demarko are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Demarko most popular?

Demarko peaked in 1993, reaching #2295 nationally. Today it ranks #10695, 8,400 places below that high. See the whole 1993 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Demarko

The Roman year began in March, and the month is named for Mars because it opened the season for war and for farming, which were the same season. His name generated one of the most widely used Roman first names, Marcus, and from it the family names Marcius and Martius, the adjective martial, and the name Martinus, which gave Martin. That means a set of the most ordinary names in Europe, Mark, Marcus, Marco, Marcos, Martin and Marcia, all carry a god whose worship ended sixteen centuries ago. The De- prefix at the front of this name is a twentieth-century American device with no connection to the Spanish or Italian particle, and the whole is a modern compound with an ancient second half.

Meaning

Latin Marcus, of Mars

Demarko joins the American De- prefix to Marco, the Italian form of Marcus, generally derived from Mars, the Roman god of war. The prefix carries no meaning. The peak is 1993.

How the name formed

  1. Marcus
  2. Marco
  3. Demarko

Related forms: Marco · Demarco · Marcos

Pronouncing Demarko

duh-MAR-koh

Three syllables, stress on the second. Demarco with a c is the more common spelling and is said identically.

Nicknames for Demarko

Moderate

MarkoThe second element, a full name in its own right
DeeThe prefix used alone, a standard American short form
MarkThe conventional English form of the same name
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1972–20253317033619722025

US babies named Demarko per year from 1972 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#22951970s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1972
Most boys named
199333 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#2295reached in 1993
Change vs 2022
+20.0%6 in 2025, from 5
Demarko sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 1993, with 33 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Demarko in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Marco in Italian — related form
  • Demarco in English — spelling variant
  • Marcos in Spanish — related form

Demarkos among us

700

people named Demarko are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 284,679 born in 2025 was named Demarko

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Demarko

#10695
Demarko on the 2025 chart
#903
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Demarko went to 6 boys in 2025, but Demarco is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 25, which makes it the 903rd most-given boys’ name of the year — 9,792 places above the chart.

About 1 boy in 68,323 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 284,679 for Demarko itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Jenaro test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Demarko's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jenaro climbed just as high around 1959, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jenaro's path sketches the road Demarko is walking now.

40%chance Demarko will feel dated by 2040
Demarko, aligned on its peakJenaro· peak 1959not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+70 yrsJenaro · #9085Demarko today
Demarko today is about where Jenaro stood in 1991 — 32 years past a #2295-sized peak. By 2006, Jenaro had settled around #7068.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Demarko sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Demarko beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Demarko in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Demarkothis name6#10695Dudley6#10695Dell6#10695Buford6#10695Toney6#10695

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • Marko and Mark are both available as short forms.
  • The Latin name behind it is documented and ancient.
  • Three syllables with a strong central stress.
What to consider
  • Demarco with a c is the standard spelling.
  • The prefix carries no meaning.
  • The 1993 peak dates it closely.

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Frequently asked

How many Demarkos are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Demarko are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Demarko?
Demarko is one of 2 recorded spellings. Demarco is the more common one — 19 births in 2025 against 6 for Demarko.
How popular is the name Demarko in 2025?
Demarko ranks #10695 among US boy names in 2025, with 6 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Demarko?
About 1 in every 284,679 US boys born in 2025 was named Demarko — 6 in all.
Will my child share the name Demarko with classmates?
Demarko will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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