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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201980peak #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.

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 1980

boys
#1,965
28 births · 1 in 63,713 boys

Top boys' names in 1980

  1. #1Michael68,683
  2. #2Christopher49,079
  3. #3Jason48,164
  4. #4David41,891
  5. #5James39,312
  6. #6Matthew37,834
  7. #7Joshua36,052
  8. #8John35,274
  9. #9Robert34,266
  10. #10Joseph30,185
  11. #1,965Art28
More about 1980

boys

1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 63,713 of them was named Art, which outranked 73.1% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Art
  1. #1,910Vernell29
  2. #1,910Veronica29
  3. #1,910Woody29
  4. #1,965Art28
  5. #1,965Aidan28
  6. #1,965Allison28
  7. #1,965Amon28
  8. #2,003Alen27
  9. #2,003Ara27
  10. #2,003Arvin27

Tied with 37 names at #1,965; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. 381Gideon#1,370#989
  2. 296Bo#864#568
  3. 270Anson#1,137#867
  4. 266Dustan#1,255#989
  5. 255Dusty#614#359
Fallers
  1. 366Harris#991#1,357
  2. 362Tracey#842#1,204
  3. 331Jevon#780#1,111
  4. 321Kennith#937#1,258
  5. 267Levar#644#911

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

See the top 100 for 1980