Art

Last seen for girls in 1918 at #4,809 · #3,379 for boys in 2025, 34 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1881 · 17 births
Debut · boys
12 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
6,141
since 1880

Art over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Art has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201898peak #416, 1881boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#3,37934
2024—#3,89628
2023—#3,88328
2022—#3,53332
2021—#3,74029
2020—#3,81127
2019—#4,63921
2018—#3,37333
2017—#4,33123
2016—#5,31817
2015—#4,71120
2014—#6,63212
2013—#4,46321
2012—#5,25617
2011—#7,50210
2010—#5,25117
2009—#6,80212
2008—#6,07014
2007—#5,66115
2006—#6,90411
2005—#6,63411
2004—#6,13812
2003—#6,71510
2002—#5,39513
2001—#3,97420
2000—#4,38917
1999—#3,98618
1998—#4,19716
1997—#4,24615
1996—#3,10723
1995—#4,50813
1994—#5,45210
1993—#3,50118
1992—#3,60417
1991—#2,46928
1990—#2,17033
1989—#2,02735
1988—#2,03531
1987—#2,72519
1986—#2,68419
1985—#3,07015
1984—#2,23223
1983—#2,34121
1982—#1,85030
1981—#2,68017
1980—#1,96528
1979—#2,15723
1978—#2,06823
1977—#2,13122
1976—#1,99924
1975—#1,88425
1974—#1,74727
1973—#1,40036
1972—#1,45334
1971—#1,28942
1970—#1,19248
1969—#1,19843
1968—#1,02652
1967—#93160
1966—#78585
1965—#77191
1964—#686126
1963—#640149
1962—#643145
1961—#574189
1960—#577183
1959—#607161
1958—#586174
1957—#638145
1956—#83380
1955—#97659
1954—#1,04551
1953—#93958
1952—#1,16640
1951—#1,05246
1950—#87861
1949—#74885
1948—#642111
1947—#658110
1946—#570127
1945—#592105
1944—#62098
1943—#581119
1942—#571117
1941—#63692
1940—#64686
1939—#61090
1938—#64486
1937—#67578
1936—#69872
1935—#65283
1934—#70874
1933—#65080
1932—#82959
1931—#80061
1930—#84160
1929—#93052
1928—#86259
1927—#86661
1926—#96350
1925—#1,01246
1924—#99350
1923—#1,02647
1922—#95853
1921—#99150
1920—#1,41627
1919—#1,09739
1918#4,8095#98646
1917—#1,01741
1916—#1,02839
1915—#1,01539
1914—#1,07328
1913—#96926
1912—#89225
1911—#1,1909
1910—#92812
1909—#71415
1908—#65716
1907—#81511
1906—#1,0047
1905—#78610
1904—#8748
1903—#9107
1902—#7949
1901—#1,0585
1900—#57818
1899—#50215
1898—#45220
1897—#65211
1896—#64112
1895—#8727
1894—#66810
1893—#47915
1892—#8617
1891—#7008
1890—#9945
1889—#9745
1888—#9176
1887—#58310
1886—#6948
1885—#6419
1884—#61310
1883—#7207
1882—#48914
1881—#41617
1880—#52612
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Art was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1888–1890, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.

Where Art is popular in 1898

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Art
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 517 spots since 2024 (#3,896 → #3,379)
  • 432 spots since 2020 (#3,811 → #3,379)
  • 1,332 spots since 2015 (#4,711 → #3,379)
  • Biggest jump: 425 spots in 1921 (#1,416 → #991)
  • Biggest drop: 480 spots in 1901 (#578 → #1,058)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #416 (17 births)
  • Births halved by 1883, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 74 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 74 yrs · run 1926–1950
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,926
  • Highest: 1 in 5,926 boys born in 1881 were named Art (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 50,238 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 18.3% of all boys named Art (1,123) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s98#416 (1881)#657
1890s110#452 (1898)#682
1900s106#578 (1900)#819
1910s304#892 (1912)#1,020
1920s495#862 (1928)#1,002
1930s743#610 (1939)#711
1940s1,050#570 (1946)#626
1950s875#586 (1958)#872
1960s1,123#574 (1961)#783
1970s304#1,192 (1970)#1,732
1980s238#1,850 (1982)#2,361
1990s191#2,170 (1990)#3,724
2000s135#3,974 (2001)#5,868
2010s191#3,373 (2018)#5,148
2020s178#3,379 (2025)#3,707

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Art in 1898

boys
#452
20 births · 1 in 6,134 boys

Top boys' names in 1898

  1. #1John8,159
  2. #2William7,400
  3. #3James5,321
  4. #4George4,853
  5. #5Charles3,557
  6. #6Joseph3,171
  7. #7Robert2,932
  8. #8Frank2,925
  9. #9Edward2,337
  10. #10Thomas2,161
  11. #452Art20
More about 1898

boys

122,685 boys got a published name in 1898; 1 in 6,134 of them was named Art, which outranked 64.9% of the 1,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Art
  1. #435Waldo21
  2. #435Warner21
  3. #435Wilber21
  4. #452Art20
  5. #452Axel20
  6. #452Casper20
  7. #452Dorsey20
  8. #473Alfonso19
  9. #473Coleman19
  10. #473Elvin19

Tied with 20 names at #452; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1897
Risers
  1. ↑ 578Fitzhugh#942 → #364
  2. ↑ 534Carson#1,057 → #523
  3. ↑ 490Enos#942 → #452
  4. ↑ 484Annie#1,057 → #573
  5. ↑ 484Ernst#1,057 → #573
Fallers
  1. ↓ 683Fate#438 → #1,121
  2. ↓ 648Ashley#473 → #1,121
  3. ↓ 626Ludwig#495 → #1,121
  4. ↓ 543Pierre#459 → #1,002
  5. ↓ 537Harve#584 → #1,121

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1898 →