boys:
645 births since 1912
#3942 (14th percentile)
overall:
645 births since 1912
#7094 (8th percentile)
The name Artemus is the #7,094 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 645 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 8.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,942 (14.0% percentile) for all time with 645 births since 1912.
Artemus first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (first recorded for boys in 1912). Birth data for Artemus is available in 70 out of the 112 years between 1912 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Artemus reached its peak popularity in 1971, achieving the 3.6% percentile (ranked #643) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 1971, with 16 births per million (ranked 3.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Artemus ranks #894 for boys (1.9% percentile) with 12 births per million, which is 75.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Artemus".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Artemus. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 76.3% confident that Artemus is pronounced as AHR-tuh-muhs, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AHR-tee-muhs, at 15.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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