Artist

#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · #2,108 for boys in 2025, 69 births
Given to boys 90.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
#1,678
2022 · 102 births
Debut · boys
1916
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
840
since 1916

Artist over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#8,36212#2,10869
2024#8,44312#1,83388
2023#8,98911#1,78790
2022#6,98416#1,678102
2021#8,46412#1,77090
2020#13,4536#1,87279
2019#13,7996#2,12967
2018#11,4278#3,05538
2017—#4,22424
2016#16,2155#8,1469
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First appearance
1916

The first year at least five boys were named Artist! It came in at #3,177, and was given to 7 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1917–1919, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Artist is popular in 2023

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedWIMichigan: #1,117 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,033 boysMINew York: #1,131 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 8,577 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedINOhio: #1,130 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,747 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #583 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,554 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Artist, so not publishedHITexas: #1,923 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 22,176 boysTXFlorida: #1,611 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 15,704 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Louisiana#583 · 1 in 2,554
  2. Michigan#1,117 · 1 in 8,033
  3. Ohio#1,130 · 1 in 8,747
  4. New York#1,131 · 1 in 8,577
  5. Florida#1,611 · 1 in 15,704

Best ever in a state: #434 in Connecticut, 2024.

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Louisiana#58381 in 2,554
Michigan#1,11751 in 8,033
Ohio#1,13061 in 8,747
New York#1,131101 in 8,577
Florida#1,61161 in 15,704
Texas#1,92381 in 22,176
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See more about Artist
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 275 spots since 2024 (#1,833 → #2,108)
  • 236 spots since 2020 (#1,872 → #2,108)
Rise & fade · boys
106 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1916
  • Peaked 2022 at #1,678 (102 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,118
  • Highest: 1 in 17,118 boys born in 2022 were named Artist (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 24,755 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 61.7% of all boys named Artist (518) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s7#3,177 (1916)#3,177
1920s37#3,014 (1922)#3,343
1930s10#3,645 (1935)#3,711
1940s34#2,633 (1944)#3,350
1950s29#2,580 (1950)#3,158
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1980s27#4,961 (1981)#5,470
1990s5#8,700 (1993)#8,700
2000s10#10,667 (2002)#11,579
2010s163#2,129 (2019)#6,220
2020s518#1,678 (2022)#1,841

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.

Artist in 2023

girls
#8,989
11 births · 1 in 145,871 girls
boys
#1,787
90 births · 1 in 19,006 boys

Top girls' names in 2023

  1. #1Olivia15,329
  2. #2Emma13,590
  3. #3Charlotte12,638
  4. #4Amelia12,365
  5. #5Sophia11,999
  6. #6Mia11,404
  7. #7Isabella10,871
  8. #8Ava9,737
  9. #9Evelyn9,121
  10. #10Luna7,853
  11. #8,989Artist11

Top boys' names in 2023

  1. #1Liam20,904
  2. #2Noah19,116
  3. #3Oliver14,792
  4. #4James11,739
  5. #5Elijah11,523
  6. #6Mateo11,293
  7. #7Theodore11,093
  8. #8Henry10,996
  9. #9Lucas10,890
  10. #10William10,673
  11. #1,787Artist90
More about 2023

girls

1,604,582 girls got a published name in 2023; 1 in 145,871 of them was named Artist, which outranked 49.0% of the 17,615 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Artist
  1. #8,486Zera12
  2. #8,486Zillah12
  3. #8,486Zirachi12
  4. #8,989Artist11
  5. #8,989Aaniya11
  6. #8,989Aaryahi11
  7. #8,989Aashna11
  8. #9,616Aadhyareddy10
  9. #9,616Aairah10
  10. #9,616Aasha10

Tied with 626 names at #8,989; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2022
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,640Kaeli#2,319 → #679
  2. ↑ 1,512Alitzel#2,388 → #876
  3. ↑ 1,287Emryn#2,174 → #887
  4. ↑ 813Adhara#1,583 → #770
  5. ↑ 717Azari#1,412 → #695
Fallers
  1. ↓ 364Addilynn#940 → #1,304
  2. ↓ 296India#968 → #1,264
  3. ↓ 259Madisyn#805 → #1,064
  4. ↓ 231Chanel#937 → #1,168
  5. ↓ 219Averi#906 → #1,125

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

boys

1,710,576 boys got a published name in 2023; 1 in 19,006 of them was named Artist, which outranked 87.4% of the 14,215 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Artist
  1. #1,774Shiv91
  2. #1,774Wolf91
  3. #1,774Yuri91
  4. #1,787Artist90
  5. #1,787Ayce90
  6. #1,787Chevy90
  7. #1,787Izrael90
  8. #1,803Amauri89
  9. #1,803Cordell89
  10. #1,803Darryl89

Tied with 15 names at #1,787; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2022
Risers
  1. ↑ 858Izael#1,665 → #807
  2. ↑ 662Chozen#1,479 → #817
  3. ↑ 589Eiden#1,479 → #890
  4. ↑ 409Cassian#938 → #529
  5. ↑ 385Kyren#1,322 → #937
Fallers
  1. ↓ 384Dior#842 → #1,226
  2. ↓ 275Maxton#963 → #1,238
  3. ↓ 205Davian#967 → #1,172
  4. ↓ 193Braden#935 → #1,128
  5. ↓ 191Heath#862 → #1,053

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

See the top 100 for 2023 →