Art

Where Art comes from

Clipping.
— Wiktionary's entry for Art
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #526 among boys — 12 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1881
    Peak, #416
    17 babies named Art — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1883
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #720.
  4. 1909
    Art Tatum born
    American jazz pianist
  5. 1918
    Art Carney born
    American actor and comedian
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Arthur, from the Celtic languages.
Namesakes
  • Art Carney · American actor and comedian, 1918–2003
  • Art Tatum · American jazz pianist, 1909–1956
  • Art Blakey · American jazz drummer and bandleader, 1919–1990
  • Art Clokey · American animator, 1921–2010
  • Art Farmer · American jazz trumpeter, 1928–1999

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.