Demir
Masculine · “iron”
Demir is iron in Turkish — the ordinary word — and it is one of the plainest and strongest names the language offers.
How old is the name Demir?
Demir first appears in US birth records in 1991 — 34 years ago. The typical Demir is a kid of about 6 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,400 people named Demir are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Demir most popular?
Demir peaked in 2022, reaching #1366 nationally. Today it ranks #1826, 460 places below that high. See the whole 2022 chart.
Where it comes from
From demir to Demir
The story of Demir
Iron names run through Turkic naming and history — Demirtaş, 'ironstone'; Temür, the Turkic form, gives Timur, the fourteenth-century conqueror whose name Europe knew as Tamerlane. Demir is a current Turkish boys' name and rose sharply there from the 2000s. Turkish emigration brought it to America, where it is in current use.
Meaning
iron
From the Turkish demir, 'iron', a word of Turkic origin found across the Turkic languages. It is ordinary modern Turkish and the meaning is entirely transparent to speakers. Demirci, the smith, is among the commonest Turkish surnames.
How the name formed
- demir
- Demir
Related forms: Demir · Dəmir · Temür
Pronouncing Demir
deh-MEER
Two syllables, stress on the second. Turkish rolls the final r lightly.
Nicknames for Demir
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1991
- Most boys named
- 2022137 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1366reached in 2022
- Change vs 2024
- −10.3%87 in 2025, from 97
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.
Demir in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Demir in Turkish — same name
- Dəmir in Azerbaijani — same name
- Temür in Chagatai — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, California, Illinois.
Demirs among us
people named Demir are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 19,633 born in 2025 was named Demir
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Corie test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Demir's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Corie climbed just as high around 1977, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Corie's path sketches the road Demir is walking now.
Demir 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
Where Demir is headed
Demir should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Demir beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Demir in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The iron meaning is concrete, transparent and about as blunt as a name gets.
- Timur, the same word in an older form, is a genuinely consequential figure.
- The end stress gives it a strong rhythm against a front-stressed surname.
- The Demi clipping reads as feminine in English.
- It reads as specifically Turkish.
- It is very new in American records.
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Masculine · #1826 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Demirs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,400 people named Demir are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Demir in 2025?
- Demir ranks #1826 among US boy names in 2025, with 87 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Demir?
- About 1 in every 19,633 US boys born in 2025 was named Demir — 87 in all.
- Will my child share the name Demir with classmates?
- Demir will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Demir
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