Artemus
Boy · AR-tuh-mus · Greek
Artemus is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “gift of Artemis”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Artemus mean?
Greek: variant of Artemas, a short form of Artemidoros
“gift of Artemis”
Artemas is a companion of Paul in the Epistle to Titus; Artemus Ward was the pen name of a 19th-century American humorist.
- Say it
- AR-tuh-mus
Is Artemus a girl's or a boy's name?
Artemus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Artemus in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 200% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Artemus, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd.
2025 had the most boys named Artemus of any year since it first appeared, in 2016.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Artemus in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
How popular is Artemus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 77% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Artemus, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 1971, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
2025 had fewer boys named Artemus than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Artemus in the US since 1880 were born between 1966 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Artemus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,606 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 16 | #2,777 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 13 | #2,945 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 16 | #2,457 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,035 |
| 1972 | 17 | #2,243 |
| 1971 | 29 | #1,636 |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,890 |
| 1969 | 18 | #1,976 |
| 1968 | 21 | #1,730 |
| 1967 | 22 | #1,651 |
| 1966 | 18 | #1,813 |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 10 | #2,512 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,302 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
Nicknames for Artemus
- Art 16 boys in the UK in 2025
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