How Many People Are Named Artemis?
people named Artemis are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 86,374 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,146 babies named Artemis in Social Security records from 1915 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
426 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Mythology, GreekMeaning unknown, possibly related either to Greek αρτεμης (artemes) "safe" or αρταμος (artamos) "a butcher". Artemis was the Greek goddess of the moon and hunting, the twin of Apollo and the daughter of Zeus and Leto. She was known as Diana to the Romans.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Artemis, 78.8% were girls and 21.3% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 2000s: 76.8% of the babies were girls then and 74.4% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Artemis alive today is about 8 years old, and 94% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 9 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Artemis first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 2021, to 426 babies. In 2025, 332 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Artemis has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #854, in 2023. In 2025 it ranked #1,017. Among boys, its best rank was #1,557, in 2021.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,017 | #1,838 |
| Best rank | #854 (2023) | #1,557 (2021) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #936 in the 2020s | #1,708 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Artemis alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Artemis were born in California than in any other state: about 463 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Artemis was given 2.3 times as often in Oregon, 1.8 times in Washington and 1.6 times in California.
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