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
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 17 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,141since 1880
Art over time
Rank among boys' names. Art has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #3,379 | 34 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,896 | 28 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,883 | 28 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,533 | 32 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,740 | 29 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,811 | 27 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,639 | 21 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,373 | 33 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,331 | 23 | |
| 2016 | — | #5,318 | 17 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,711 | 20 | |
| 2014 | — | #6,632 | 12 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,463 | 21 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,256 | 17 | |
| 2011 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,251 | 17 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,802 | 12 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,070 | 14 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,661 | 15 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,904 | 11 | |
| 2005 | — | #6,634 | 11 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,138 | 12 | |
| 2003 | — | #6,715 | 10 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,395 | 13 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,974 | 20 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,389 | 17 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,986 | 18 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,197 | 16 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,246 | 15 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,107 | 23 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,508 | 13 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,452 | 10 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,501 | 18 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,604 | 17 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,469 | 28 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,170 | 33 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,027 | 35 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,035 | 31 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,725 | 19 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,684 | 19 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,070 | 15 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,232 | 23 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,341 | 21 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,850 | 30 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,680 | 17 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,965 | 28 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,157 | 23 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,068 | 23 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,131 | 22 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,999 | 24 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,884 | 25 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,747 | 27 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,400 | 36 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,453 | 34 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,289 | 42 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,192 | 48 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,198 | 43 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,026 | 52 | |
| 1967 | — | #931 | 60 | |
| 1966 | — | #785 | 85 | |
| 1965 | — | #771 | 91 | |
| 1964 | — | #686 | 126 | |
| 1963 | — | #640 | 149 | |
| 1962 | — | #643 | 145 | |
| 1961 | — | #574 | 189 | |
| 1960 | — | #577 | 183 | |
| 1959 | — | #607 | 161 | |
| 1958 | — | #586 | 174 | |
| 1957 | — | #638 | 145 | |
| 1956 | — | #833 | 80 | |
| 1955 | — | #976 | 59 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,045 | 51 | |
| 1953 | — | #939 | 58 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,166 | 40 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,052 | 46 | |
| 1950 | — | #878 | 61 | |
| 1949 | — | #748 | 85 | |
| 1948 | — | #642 | 111 | |
| 1947 | — | #658 | 110 | |
| 1946 | — | #570 | 127 | |
| 1945 | — | #592 | 105 | |
| 1944 | — | #620 | 98 | |
| 1943 | — | #581 | 119 | |
| 1942 | — | #571 | 117 | |
| 1941 | — | #636 | 92 | |
| 1940 | — | #646 | 86 | |
| 1939 | — | #610 | 90 | |
| 1938 | — | #644 | 86 | |
| 1937 | — | #675 | 78 | |
| 1936 | — | #698 | 72 | |
| 1935 | — | #652 | 83 | |
| 1934 | — | #708 | 74 | |
| 1933 | — | #650 | 80 | |
| 1932 | — | #829 | 59 | |
| 1931 | — | #800 | 61 | |
| 1930 | — | #841 | 60 | |
| 1929 | — | #930 | 52 | |
| 1928 | — | #862 | 59 | |
| 1927 | — | #866 | 61 | |
| 1926 | — | #963 | 50 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,012 | 46 | |
| 1924 | — | #993 | 50 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,026 | 47 | |
| 1922 | — | #958 | 53 | |
| 1921 | — | #991 | 50 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,416 | 27 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,097 | 39 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #986 | 46 |
| 1917 | — | #1,017 | 41 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,028 | 39 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,015 | 39 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,073 | 28 | |
| 1913 | — | #969 | 26 | |
| 1912 | — | #892 | 25 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,190 | 9 | |
| 1910 | — | #928 | 12 | |
| 1909 | — | #714 | 15 | |
| 1908 | — | #657 | 16 | |
| 1907 | — | #815 | 11 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,004 | 7 | |
| 1905 | — | #786 | 10 | |
| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
| 1903 | — | #910 | 7 | |
| 1902 | — | #794 | 9 | |
| 1901 | — | #1,058 | 5 | |
| 1900 | — | #578 | 18 | |
| 1899 | — | #502 | 15 | |
| 1898 | — | #452 | 20 | |
| 1897 | — | #652 | 11 | |
| 1896 | — | #641 | 12 | |
| 1895 | — | #872 | 7 | |
| 1894 | — | #668 | 10 | |
| 1893 | — | #479 | 15 | |
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | #583 | 10 | |
| 1886 | — | #694 | 8 | |
| 1885 | — | #641 | 9 | |
| 1884 | — | #613 | 10 | |
| 1883 | — | #720 | 7 | |
| 1882 | — | #489 | 14 | |
| 1881 | — | #416 | 17 | |
| 1880 | — | #526 | 12 | |
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 1907
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Art
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #416 (17 births)
- Births halved by 1883, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 74 yrs · run 1926–1950
- 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%)
- 18.3% of all boys named Art (1,123) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 98 | #416 (1881) | #657 |
| 1890s | 110 | #452 (1898) | #682 |
| 1900s | 106 | #578 (1900) | #819 |
| 1910s | 304 | #892 (1912) | #1,020 |
| 1920s | 495 | #862 (1928) | #1,002 |
| 1930s | 743 | #610 (1939) | #711 |
| 1940s | 1,050 | #570 (1946) | #626 |
| 1950s | 875 | #586 (1958) | #872 |
| 1960s | 1,123 | #574 (1961) | #783 |
| 1970s | 304 | #1,192 (1970) | #1,732 |
| 1980s | 238 | #1,850 (1982) | #2,361 |
| 1990s | 191 | #2,170 (1990) | #3,724 |
| 2000s | 135 | #3,974 (2001) | #5,868 |
| 2010s | 191 | #3,373 (2018) | #5,148 |
| 2020s | 178 | #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 1907
Top boys' names in 1907
More about 1907
boys
146,826 boys got a published name in 1907; 1 in 13,348 of them was named Art, which outranked 47.4% of the 1,549 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).