Unisex name · since 1915
Artemis
3,299 babies named Artemis in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,392 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,019 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,299
- born since 1915
- 2020s
- peak decade
Artemis currently ranks #1019 among unisex names in America, with 3,299 babies recorded since 1915.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Artemis has been recorded 3,299 times among girls since 1915, currently ranked #1019 nationally and more common than 94% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #3,392 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,019 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,299 born since 1915
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Artemis ranks #3,392 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,019 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,299 born since 1915, peaking in the 2020s.
- #3,392 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,019 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,299
- born since 1915
- 2020s
- peak decade
Artemis's 3,299 recorded births place it above 95.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
30 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Artemis compares
3,299 Top 17% higher than 83% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Artemis's all-time total is 9x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Artemis | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,299 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 314 | 21 | 19,840 |
Artemis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Artemis splits its recorded history at 1984: 91% of all births land in the more recent half, 9% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1922 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 314 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Artemis popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 314
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Artemis popularity over time - boys
847 total births recorded since 1984 (Artemis as boys' name)
Artemis by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,693 births, 51% of the file).
2020s was Artemis's strongest decade.
1,693 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Artemis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 38
1910s
38 births
- 1920s 97
1920s
97 births
- 1930s 18
1930s
18 births
- 1940s 12
1940s
12 births
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
- 1960s 58
1960s
58 births
- 1970s 46
1970s
46 births
- 1980s 72
1980s
72 births
- 1990s 72
1990s
72 births
- 2000s 116
2000s
116 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,067 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,693 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,693 births (51% of all-time use).
How Artemis compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Artemis's total volume
Artemis by state
Where Artemis concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 405 | 12.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 275 | 8.3% |
| #3 | New York | | 182 | 5.5% |
| #4 | Florida | | 144 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Washington | | 82 | 2.5% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 70 | 2.1% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 69 | 2.1% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 67 | 2.0% |
405 of 3,299 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 30 reporting states.
Artemis appears in 30 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Artemiss (405 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Artemis: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~110 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1915–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Artemis draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.