Artelia
Artelia was last recorded in 1984, when 6 babies were given it; 593 Americans have been recorded with it between 1882 and 1984 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Artelia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Artelia?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #9,222, in 1984; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
22 babies in 1917, the peak
Artelia peaked in 1917, when 22 girls were given it, #1,659 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 6 | #9,222 | 3.6 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,106 | 4.2 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,179 | 3.6 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,863 | 3.4 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,603 | 4.6 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,549 | 3.0 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,484 | 4.2 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,851 | 4.5 |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,033 | 5.7 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,895 | 3.1 |
Every recorded year (63)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10 | #4,263 | 5.0 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,458 | 4.5 |
| 1958 | 10 | #3,936 | 5.0 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,390 | 4.1 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,507 | 3.8 |
| 1951 | 12 | #3,114 | 6.7 |
| 1950 | 8 | #3,974 | 4.7 |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,910 | 4.7 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,222 | 4.1 |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,368 | 3.9 |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,993 | 3.2 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,146 | 6.9 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,151 | 6.8 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,565 | 9.3 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,461 | 5.9 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,229 | 7.0 |
| 1939 | 15 | #2,130 | 13.7 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,744 | 9.1 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,874 | 8.7 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,444 | 6.7 |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,175 | 7.7 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,410 | 11.9 |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,242 | 7.5 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,746 | 9.9 |
| 1928 | 17 | #2,097 | 14.7 |
| 1927 | 21 | #1,888 | 17.6 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,573 | 11.0 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,952 | 9.0 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,025 | 5.6 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,269 | 13.3 |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,971 | 9.2 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,179 | 8.1 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,956 | 16.7 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,394 | 12.4 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,383 | 12.1 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,659 | 20.3 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,675 | 10.5 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,710 | 10.2 |
| 1914 | 12 | #2,018 | 15.8 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,561 | 11.2 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,168 | 14.3 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,670 | 21.5 |
| 1910 | 13 | #1,271 | 32.8 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,235 | 14.4 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,447 | 26.9 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,846 | 18.8 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,551 | 24.0 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,909 | 18.2 |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,452 | 26.5 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,492 | 25.1 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,425 | 25.2 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,612 | 21.4 |
| 1882 | 5 | #917 | 46.4 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Artelia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Artelia has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 63 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Artelia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Artelia, and how old are they?
An estimated 175 Americans named Artelia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (30% of everyone recorded); the median is 71 years old and half are between 61 and 81. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 229 people named Artelia (229 women and girls, 0 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 217 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% above that prediction.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Artelia
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Artelia and names like it
- Compare Artelia and NeolaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sArtelia peaked in 1917.
- North Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Artelia since 1910.
- The top names of 1917The year the most babies were named Artelia.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Artelia alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with AMost given first.