Artemis
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Meaning
“Greek goddess of the hunt; etymology uncertain”
The story
Artemis changes when you walk from one sanctuary to another. In familiar Greek art she is the huntress with bow, deer, and wild country, a protector of animals who is also linked to childbirth. At Ephesus, her image could look markedly different: upright and richly patterned, with an altar-like headdress and rows of animals across the garment. Ancient worship did not require every city to imagine a deity in exactly the same form. Even the name's etymology remains unsettled; confident explanations have been proposed, but none has closed the question. That combination makes Artemis more compelling than a tidy label such as moon goddess. The mythology contains wilderness, birth, danger, protection, and local traditions that do not collapse into one portrait. For a modern child, these are cultural associations rather than a script. The name's real gift is plurality: one figure, many images, and an ancient world arguing through art about what power looked like.
How popular is Artemis around the world?
In the United States, 2,276 babies were named Artemis between 2020 and 2025.
Artemis is on the official records of the United States, England and Wales, Canada, France, Scotland, South Australia, Austria, Argentina, Brazil and Spain.
United States
1 in 9,600
In the United States, 2,276 babies were named Artemis between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Artemis peaked in the 2020s.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
England and Wales
1 in 9,600
In England and Wales, 44 girls named Artemis were born in 2025, the 816th most common name among girls that year.
In England and Wales, 17 boys named Artemis were born in 2025, ranked 1,538th among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Canada
1 in 11,000
In Canada, 19 girls named Artemis were born in 2024, ranked 1,286th among girls that year.
In Canada, 13 boys named Artemis were born in 2024, ranked 1,614th among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
France
1 in 14,000
In France, about 45 girls named Artemis were born in 2025, the 820th most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s births on record
Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)
Scotland
1 in 15,000
In Scotland, 3 girls named Artemis were registered in 2024, the 790th most common name among girls that year.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names
South Australia
1 in 18,0002017
In South Australia, 1 girl was registered as Artemis in 2017.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
Austria
1 in 38,000
In Austria, 2 girls named Artemis were born in 2025, ranked 1,305th among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.
The count never rose above 6 in a year, too few to chart.
Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)
Argentina
1 in 51,000
In Argentina, 13 newborns were given the name Artemis in 2024.
share of that year’s name registrations
Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024
Brazil
1 in 330,000
At the 2022 census, 644 people in Brazil were named Artemis, ranked 11,228th, with a median age of 34.
Among people named Artemis living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.
people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth
The census also counted 80 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
Spain
1 in 520,000
In Spain, 64 residents are named Artemis, ranked 11,169th among women, with a mean age of 22.9 years.
In Spain, 22 residents are named Artemis, ranked 27,807th among men, with a mean age of 44.5 years.
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Mexico City City
last on record 2021
Artemis is not on the 2022 record for Mexico City, where small counts are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.
Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023
Not on the record in Puerto Rico, Ireland, New Zealand and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Artemis
Most people given the name Artemis in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Artemis deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Artemis truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Artemis fits with your family’s names and surname.
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