Artemus — #5242 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Artemus

The Social Security Administration has registered 663 babies named Artemus between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Artemus currently holds the #5242 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Artemus performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 135 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Artemus shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Artemus in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Artemus 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 663 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.