Demir is a distinctive choice, ranked #856 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Demir in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#856
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About the Name Demir
Demir is at its highest recorded position in the UK, #856 in 2025 — the strongest showing it has had. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 2000.
Demir is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Demir in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Demir
Demir Škrijelj — Demir Škrijelj is a Montenegrin football player who plays as a left winger for Mornar and the Montenegro national team.
Zuhal Demir — Zuhal Demir is a Belgian lawyer and politician affiliated with the N-VA.
Demir Peco — Demir Peco is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Bosnian Premier League club Velež Mostar.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Demir
Unlikely. With around 37 UK babies named Demir per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Demir in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Demir is at its highest recorded position — #856 in 2025, with 37 births. In 2020 it ranked #1,085.
Demir is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Demir include: Demir Škrijelj, Zuhal Demir and Demir Peco. Short summaries for each appear below.
Demir does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Demirs in the wild.
37
UK babies named Demir (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 229 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Demir
Almost certainly the only Demir in the class
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UK Popularity (2000–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Demir
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Mehmet Demir is a Kurdish politician with the People's Democratic Party (HDP) in Turkey, and served as co-mayor of Batman until his removal by the Turkish state in March 2020.