Artemus
- #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
- Peak · boys
- 1971 · 29 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 676since 1912
Artemus over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Artemus has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,446 | 13 |
| 2024 | #5,241 | 18 |
| 2023 | #4,610 | 22 |
| 2022 | #6,147 | 14 |
| 2021 | #5,338 | 17 |
| 2020 | #7,034 | 11 |
| 2019 | #7,643 | 10 |
| 2018 | #8,154 | 9 |
| 2017 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,040 | 9 |
| 2014 | #9,642 | 7 |
| 2013 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #2,779 | 16 |
| 1980 | #3,430 | 12 |
| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #2,946 | 13 |
| 1975 | #3,428 | 10 |
| 1974 | #2,459 | 16 |
| 1973 | #2,036 | 20 |
| 1972 | #2,243 | 17 |
| 1971 | #1,637 | 29 |
| 1970 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #1,977 | 18 |
| 1968 | #1,731 | 21 |
| 1967 | #1,652 | 22 |
| 1966 | #1,814 | 18 |
| 1965 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,302 | 13 |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | #3,023 | 9 |
| 1923 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,096 | 8 |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | #2,045 | 7 |
| 1911 | — | |
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| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1912
The first year at least five boys were named Artemus! It came in at #2,045, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1913–1917, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Artemus is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Artemus in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Artemus
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,205 spots since 2024 (#5,241 → #6,446)
- 588 spots since 2020 (#7,034 → #6,446)
Rise & fade · boys
59 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1971 at #1,637 (29 births)
- Births halved by 1975, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 60,981
- Highest: 1 in 60,981 boys born in 1971 were named Artemus (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
- 20.0% of all boys named Artemus (135) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 30 | #2,045 (1912) | #3,137 |
| 1920s | 39 | #2,302 (1926) | #3,453 |
| 1930s | 23 | #2,951 (1935) | #3,442 |
| 1940s | 29 | #2,871 (1940) | #3,276 |
| 1950s | 27 | #2,514 (1952) | #3,298 |
| 1960s | 93 | #1,652 (1967) | #2,298 |
| 1970s | 135 | #1,637 (1971) | #3,298 |
| 1980s | 71 | #2,779 (1981) | #5,314 |
| 1990s | 55 | #5,236 (1992) | #6,716 |
| 2000s | 32 | #8,915 (2007) | #9,888 |
| 2010s | 47 | #7,643 (2019) | #9,219 |
| 2020s | 95 | #4,610 (2023) | #5,803 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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