Dimitris
Dimitris (Δημήτρης) is the Modern Greek form of the older forms Demetrios, Dimitrios and may refer to:Dimitris Arvanitis, Greek professional football defender who plays for OFI in Greek Super League Dimitris Avramopoulos, Greek politician and diplomat Dimitris Basis, Greek singer musician Dimitris Bogdanos, Greek professional basketball player Dimitris Christofias, left-wing Greek Cypriot…
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Meaning & Origin of Dimitris
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dimitris (Δημήτρης) is the Modern Greek form of the older forms Demetrios, Dimitrios and may refer to:Dimitris Arvanitis, Greek professional football defender who plays for OFI in Greek Super League Dimitris Avramopoulos, Greek politician and diplomat Dimitris Basis, Greek singer musician Dimitris Bogdanos, Greek professional basketball player Dimitris Christofias, left-wing Greek Cypriot…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Dimitris
The earliest SSA record of Dimitris as a baby boy name dates back to 1970, when 10 babies received it. 1991 was its biggest year on record, with 19 newborns named Dimitris — #3,224 in the national rankings. About 26% of every Dimitris on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Dimitris last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 516 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Dimitris
Dimitris is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1970 and has accumulated 516 births in the dataset. Dimitris's peak popularity came in 1991 when it ranked #3,224. Use the chart and map above to compare Dimitris's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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