Artemas

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Artemas has been given to 66 babies in the U.S. since 1917. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1979, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Artemas, 2024

1 in 557,000

Artemas over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Artemas: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Artemas means

Artemas is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Artemas is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 66 boys were recorded with the name Artemas between 1917 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1979; its best national rank was #3,713 in 1949.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Artemas?

Artemas had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024: 1 in 557,000; 6 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only: 1 in 287,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 386,177 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Artemas sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 386,177 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Artemas. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Artemass were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Artemas was born before 1979 — so the typical Artemas is around 46 today.

Median birth year: 1979; About 46 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 28.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 24.2%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 50; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 28.8% of all recorded uses (19).

Is Artemas rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1979 (8)
Years since peak: 46; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 39.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,713; 1949

Spellings of Artemas

Artemas is not the most common spelling — Artemio is, with 47.7% against Artemas's 1.3%.

Artemio47.7%2,441
Artem21.2%1,085
Artemis16.6%847
Artemus13.2%676
Artemas1.3%66

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Artemas around the world

Where Artemas ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2014–2022
#4,790
in 2022

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Artemas by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,713; 1949
Peak year: 1979; 8 that year
First recorded: 1917
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 66
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Artemas

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Artimus Artorias Arthas Artavis Artreus Artyst Artorius Artyom Artrell Arteen Cosmas Arthell Artemus Artavion Artemiy Arteo Artemis Arta Maximas Artice Arthuro Artan Arthor Arthar

Sibling names for Artemas

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Bambi Shanika Mellissa Latosha Lani Malissa Lindy Shanta

For a brother

Delvin Leopoldo Jerod Cedrick Reggie Torrey Jed Wilfredo

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