Artemis

girls’ name · 80%boys’ name · 20%At its peak · modern nameCompare

Artemis is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 246 births. Its best rank was 853rd, in 2023.

Rank in 2024: —outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 2460.02% of girls
Peak year: 2021314 births
Best rank: #853in 2023
Since 1915: 3,808people given the name

Babies named Artemis, by year of birthgirlsboys

The story in the numbers

3,050 girls have been named Artemis in the United States since 1915, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 314 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2019, and the 2020s alone account for 47%. It has spent 4 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Artemis is used for both sexes: 20% of its bearers are boys (758), most of them born around 2022.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Artemis
1910s	38
1920s	97
1930s	18
1940s	12
1950s	10
1960s	57
1970s	45
1980s	72
1990s	72
2000s	116
2010s	1,067
2020s	1,446

In 2021, its biggest year

Artemis was the 867th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2021 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Ava. See all of 2021.

Names that rose and fell with Artemis

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.