Artelia — girls' name
593 babies named Artelia in U.S. Social Security records since 1882, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
23% of everyone ever named Artelia was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Artelia in 1917 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Artelia
The Social Security Administration has registered 593 babies named Artelia between 1882 and 1984, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Artelia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1984. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Artelia performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 137 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Artelia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Artelia in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Artelia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 593 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Artelia at a glance
Last recorded 1984Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Artelia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–1882
- Peak year (1917)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 103 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1984.
593 total births across 103 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1917 with 22 births in a single year.
Artelia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 137 births that decade — 23% of Artelia's all-time total
Artelia decade highlights
- Peak decade 137 births
- Runner-up 120 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Artelia's strongest decade
137 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Artelia by state
Where Artelia concentrates geographically — total births since 1882
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 15 | 2.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 11 | 1.9% |
| #3 | Alabama | | 6 | 1.0% |
15 of 593 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 2.5% of nationwide
- Texas 1.9% of nationwide
- Alabama 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 2.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1882–1984 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.