Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Artemas

#18,026 most common boys' name of all time · #47,193 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1917–2024

Rank among boys
#18,026
Rank overall
#47,193 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
12 of 146
All-time
66
Since 2016
11
Peak year
1979 #4,540
Best rank
#4,011 1949
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
192019401960198020002020

Artemas first appears in 1917. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2024 — 6 6 #11,061
2020 — 5 5 #12,194
2001 — 5 5 #10,754
1987 — 5 5 #7,191
1980 — 5 5 #6,501
1979 — 8 8 #4,540
1978 — 5 5 #6,011
1974 — 6 6 #4,820
1958 — 5 5 #4,224
1949 — 5 5 #4,011
1918 — 6 6 #4,094
1917 — 5 5 #4,405