Demir
Meaning
iron in Turkish; also used as a masculine name in Bosnian
The story
Demir means iron in Turkish and is used as a masculine given name as well as a surname. Turkish writes the uppercase form DEMİR, with a dotted capital İ, a small orthographic detail that matters in the language. The name also appears in Bosnia and neighboring communities, reflecting centuries of contact with Ottoman Turkish. As a direct material word name, Demir suggests strength without needing a decorative invented translation. It belongs beside other established Turkish given names drawn from admired qualities and substances, while still carrying its own surname history. Demir does not register on this site’s American popularity curve, so the available US data cannot support a rise or decline. That absence says nothing about its standing in Turkey or the Balkans. The documented story is concise: iron, Turkish language, and a name that travels across regional borders.
How popular is Demir around the world?
In the United States, Demir is on the Social Security birth record for 2020 to 2025. In Argentina, 251 newborns were given the name Demir in 2024.
Demir is on the official records of the United States, Argentina, Mexico City, Chile, England and Wales, Canada, Brazil and Spain.
United States
on record
In the United States, Demir is on the Social Security birth record for 2020 to 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Demir peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Argentina
1 in 2,600
In Argentina, 251 newborns were given the name Demir in 2024.
share of that year’s name registrations
Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024
Mexico City City
1 in 9,800
In Mexico City, there were 12 registrations of Demir in 2022.
share of that year’s registrations in the city
Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023 (1 registration through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023
Chile
1 in 13,000
In Chile, 14 boys were registered as Demir in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.
share of that year’s name registrations
First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021
England and Wales
1 in 16,000
In England and Wales, 37 boys named Demir were born in 2025, the 856th most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Canada
1 in 61,000
In Canada, 6 boys named Demir were born in 2024, ranked 2,855th among boys that year.
The count never rose above 9 in a year, too few to chart.
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
Brazil
1 in 250,000
At the 2022 census, 842 people in Brazil were named Demir, ranked 9,308th, with a median age of 50.
Among people named Demir living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1970s than in any other decade.
people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth
People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
Spain
1 in 860,000
In Spain, 52 residents are named Demir, ranked 14,008th among men, with a mean age of 18.3 years.
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Montevideo City
last on record 2001
Demir is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.
Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial
Scotland
last on record 2016
Demir is not on the 2024 record for Scotland, where spellings under 3 in total are suppressed at source.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names
South Australia
last on record 1982
Demir is not on the 2017 record for South Australia, whose registry publishes every name given that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
Not on the record in Puerto Rico, Ireland and New Zealand: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown.
The Demir deep dive
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