# Artemis (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/artemis/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɑɹ.tə.mɪs/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Arty |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,146 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 847 / 3,299 (80% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 676, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́ρτεμις (Ắrtemis). Further etymology is uncertain.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 39 | 3,849 |
| 2012 | 48 | 3,371 |
| 2013 | 67 | 2,630 |
| 2014 | 69 | 2,563 |
| 2015 | 105 | 1,921 |
| 2016 | 152 | 1,497 |
| 2017 | 145 | 1,524 |
| 2018 | 167 | 1,347 |
| 2019 | 254 | 1,010 |
| 2020 | 266 | 958 |
| 2021 | 314 | 868 |
| 2022 | 308 | 902 |
| 2023 | 312 | 854 |
| 2024 | 247 | 1,022 |
| 2025 | 246 | 1,017 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 8,133 |
| 2012 | 6 | 10,903 |
| 2013 | 13 | 6,271 |
| 2014 | 25 | 4,023 |
| 2015 | 19 | 4,905 |
| 2016 | 28 | 3,782 |
| 2017 | 26 | 3,999 |
| 2018 | 36 | 3,174 |
| 2019 | 46 | 2,736 |
| 2020 | 73 | 1,967 |
| 2021 | 112 | 1,557 |
| 2022 | 114 | 1,559 |
| 2023 | 94 | 1,746 |
| 2024 | 104 | 1,633 |
| 2025 | 86 | 1,838 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 2,893 |
| 2012 | 15 | 1,893 |
| 2013 | 18 | 1,639 |
| 2014 | 22 | 1,411 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,961 |
| 2016 | 33 | 1,057 |
| 2017 | 31 | 1,105 |
| 2018 | 36 | 990 |
| 2019 | 44 | 838 |
| 2020 | 42 | 853 |
| 2021 | 46 | 788 |
| 2022 | 48 | 762 |
| 2023 | 41 | 865 |
| 2024 | 37 | 952 |
| 2025 | 44 | 816 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1,688 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,165 |
| 2023 | 21 | 1,272 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,675 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,538 |

## People named Artemis

- Artemis Pebdani, American actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.