Girls' name · since 1973
Artesia
226 babies named Artesia in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,549 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 226
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
226 girls have been named Artesia since 1973, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Artesia has been recorded 226 times among girls since 1973, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 1999.
- #18,549 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 226 born since 1973
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Artesia ranks #18,549 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 226 born since 1973, peaking in the 1990s.
- #18,549 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 226
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Artesia's 226 recorded births place it above 74.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Artesia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Artesia's SSA record in two at 1987 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1977, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1991 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Artesia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1999
- Peak year (1991)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Artesia by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (99 births, 44% of the file).
1990s was Artesia's strongest decade.
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Artesia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
42 births
- 1980s
1980s
85 births
- 1990s
1990s
99 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 99 births (44% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Artesia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1973–1999 (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 Artesia 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.