Artemis
Artemis is given to both girls and boys: 246 girls and 86 boys were given it in 2025 (#1,017 among girls’ names and #1,838 among boys’, #1,576 among all names counting both); 4,146 Americans have been recorded with it since 1915 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,950 Americans named Artemis and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (95% of everyone recorded); the median is 6 years old and half are between 3 and 10.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Artemis by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Artemis mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Artemis is “a female given name from Ancient Greek, masculine equivalent Artemios.”
Also “a male given name from Ancient Greek.”
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́ρτεμις (Ắrtemis). Further etymology is uncertain.
/ˈɑɹ.tə.mɪs/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Artemis?
#1,017 among girls’ names, 2025
Artemis rose from #1,921 in 2015 to #1,017 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.06 to 0.15 per 1,000.
426 babies in 2021, the peak
Artemis peaked in 2021, when 426 babies were given it (314 girls, #868 among girls’ names). The 332 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 78% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 246 | #1,017 | 86 | #1,838 |
| 2024 | 247 | #1,022 | 104 | #1,633 |
| 2023 | 312 | #854 | 94 | #1,746 |
| 2022 | 308 | #902 | 114 | #1,559 |
| 2021 | 314 | #868 | 112 | #1,557 |
| 2020 | 266 | #958 | 73 | #1,967 |
| 2019 | 254 | #1,010 | 46 | #2,735 |
| 2018 | 167 | #1,347 | 36 | #3,171 |
| 2017 | 145 | #1,524 | 26 | #3,995 |
| 2016 | 152 | #1,497 | 28 | #3,781 |
Every recorded year (81)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 105 | #1,921 | 19 | #4,903 |
| 2014 | 69 | #2,561 | 25 | #4,020 |
| 2013 | 67 | #2,629 | 13 | #6,266 |
| 2012 | 48 | #3,370 | 6 | #10,896 |
| 2011 | 39 | #3,848 | 9 | #8,126 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,202 | 10 | #7,621 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,840 | 9 | #8,349 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,161 | 10 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,420 | under 5 | |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,779 | under 5 | |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,544 | 6 | #10,225 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,305 | under 5 | |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,553 | 5 | #11,015 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,340 | under 5 | |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,108 | under 5 | |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,322 | 5 | #10,476 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,764 | under 5 | |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,597 | under 5 | |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,902 | under 5 | |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,875 | under 5 | |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,924 | under 5 | |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,695 | under 5 | |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,867 | under 5 | |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,327 | under 5 | |
| 1990 | 5 | #13,143 | under 5 | |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,955 | 6 | #7,000 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,953 | under 5 | |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,932 | under 5 | |
| 1986 | 5 | #11,032 | under 5 | |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,996 | under 5 | |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,454 | 5 | #6,381 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,360 | under 5 | |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,522 | under 5 | |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,445 | under 5 | |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,825 | under 5 | |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,317 | under 5 | |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,699 | under 5 | |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,513 | under 5 | |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,076 | under 5 | |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,218 | under 5 | |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,604 | under 5 | |
| 1970 | 5 | #8,066 | under 5 | |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,077 | under 5 | |
| 1968 | 12 | #4,007 | under 5 | |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,643 | under 5 | |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,614 | under 5 | |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,848 | under 5 | |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,506 | under 5 | |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,629 | under 5 | |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,434 | under 5 | |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,136 | under 5 | |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,599 | under 5 | |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,228 | under 5 | |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,146 | under 5 | |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,724 | under 5 | |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,835 | under 5 | |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,886 | under 5 | |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,934 | under 5 | |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,961 | under 5 | |
| 1927 | 10 | #3,068 | under 5 | |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,885 | under 5 | |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,058 | under 5 | |
| 1924 | 17 | #2,219 | under 5 | |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,666 | under 5 | |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,069 | under 5 | |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,180 | under 5 | |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,358 | under 5 | |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,237 | under 5 | |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,688 | under 5 | |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,370 | under 5 | |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,914 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Artemis a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 4,146 Americans recorded as Artemis, 80% are girls and 20% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Artemis: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Artemis, and how old are they?
3,950 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 95% of the 4,146 Americans ever recorded as Artemis. The median Artemis alive today is 6 years old; half are between 3 and 10.
The 2020 Census counted 2,098 people named Artemis (1,742 women and girls, 356 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,796 born in the U.S. The Census count is 17% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 11 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 22 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 89 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 108 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 315 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,410 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
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).
Where are babies named Artemis born?
The states with the most babies named Artemis are California, Texas and New York, with 42% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 40 | #855 | 0.9× |
| Texas | 31 | #1,124 | 0.8× |
| New York | 23 | #910 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 18 | #1,337 | 0.7× |
| Arizona | 16 | #638 | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 14 | #674 | 0.4× |
| Michigan | 12 | #641 | 0.5× |
| New Jersey | 8 | #853 | 0.1× |
| Washington | 7 | #823 | 0.9× |
| Georgia | 7 | #1,224 | 0.4× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Artemis with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Artemis
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 Artemis and names like it
- Compare Artemis and WrenBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sArtemis peaked in 2021.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Artemis since 1910.
- Ancient Greek namesWiktionary’s origin for Artemis: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2021The year the most babies were named Artemis.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Artemis alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with AMost given first.