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 1918
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Illinois#425 · 1 in 7,802
Best ever in a state: #163 in Iowa, 1912.
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| Illinois | #425 | 7 | 1 in 7,802 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 231,526 of them was named Art, which outranked 13.9% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 776 names at #4,809; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 22,032 of them was named Art, which outranked 79.5% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).