Artie

Where Artie comes from

From Art + -ie.
— Wiktionary's entry for Artie
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #288 among girls — 29 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1885
    Peak, #280
    50 babies named Artie — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1890
    Artie Ortego born
    American actor
  4. 1946
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  5. 1954
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,450.
  6. 1967
    Artie Lange born
    American comedian
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Arthur, from the Celtic languages.
Namesakes
  • Artie Lange · American comedian, born 1967
  • Artie Ortego · American actor, 1890–1960
  • Artie P. Hatzes · American astronomer, born 1957
  • Artie Bell · Irish motorcycle road racer, 1914–1972
  • Artie Matthews · American songwriter, pianist and ragtime composer, 1888–1958

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.