Art
Art was given to 34 boys in 2025, #3,381 among boys’ names; 6,146 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,220 Americans named Art and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (52% of everyone recorded); the median is 63 years old and half are between 42 and 69.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Art by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Art mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Art is “a diminutive of the male given name Arthur, from the Celtic languages.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Art?
#3,381 among boys’ names, 2025
Art rose from #4,728 in 2015 to #3,381 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 10.4 to 19.9 per million.
189 babies in 1961, the peak
Art peaked in 1961, when 189 boys were given it, #574 among boys’ names. The 34 births of 2025 are 18% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #3,381 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 28 | #3,896 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,886 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 32 | #3,538 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 29 | #3,740 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 27 | #3,819 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,647 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 33 | #3,372 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,332 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,334 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 20 | #4,728 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,659 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,476 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,263 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,537 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,263 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,829 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,088 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,674 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,936 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,670 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,154 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,762 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,415 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,976 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,396 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,991 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,211 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,253 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 23 | #3,109 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,523 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,477 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,502 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 17 | #3,608 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 28 | #2,467 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 33 | #2,168 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 35 | #2,028 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 31 | #2,033 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 19 | #2,729 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 19 | #2,688 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,080 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 23 | #2,235 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 21 | #2,342 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 30 | #1,852 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 17 | #2,684 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 28 | #1,968 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 23 | #2,159 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 23 | #2,073 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 22 | #2,134 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 24 | #2,004 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 25 | #1,888 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 27 | #1,753 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 36 | #1,400 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 34 | #1,454 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 42 | #1,290 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 48 | #1,194 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 43 | #1,200 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 52 | #1,029 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 60 | #932 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 85 | #785 | 0.05 |
| 1965 | 91 | #771 | 0.05 |
| 1964 | 126 | #686 | 0.06 |
| 1963 | 149 | #640 | 0.07 |
| 1962 | 145 | #643 | 0.07 |
| 1961 | 189 | #574 | 0.09 |
| 1960 | 183 | #576 | 0.09 |
| 1959 | 161 | #606 | 0.08 |
| 1958 | 174 | #585 | 0.08 |
| 1957 | 145 | #637 | 0.07 |
| 1956 | 80 | #832 | 0.04 |
| 1955 | 59 | #975 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 51 | #1,045 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 58 | #938 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 40 | #1,166 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 46 | #1,053 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 61 | #877 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 85 | #747 | 0.05 |
| 1948 | 111 | #641 | 0.06 |
| 1947 | 110 | #658 | 0.06 |
| 1946 | 127 | #570 | 0.08 |
| 1945 | 105 | #593 | 0.08 |
| 1944 | 98 | #620 | 0.07 |
| 1943 | 119 | #581 | 0.08 |
| 1942 | 117 | #571 | 0.08 |
| 1941 | 92 | #636 | 0.07 |
| 1940 | 86 | #646 | 0.07 |
| 1939 | 90 | #610 | 0.08 |
| 1938 | 86 | #644 | 0.08 |
| 1937 | 78 | #676 | 0.07 |
| 1936 | 72 | #698 | 0.07 |
| 1935 | 83 | #653 | 0.08 |
| 1934 | 74 | #709 | 0.07 |
| 1933 | 80 | #650 | 0.08 |
| 1932 | 59 | #829 | 0.06 |
| 1931 | 61 | #801 | 0.06 |
| 1930 | 60 | #841 | 0.05 |
| 1929 | 52 | #930 | 0.05 |
| 1928 | 59 | #862 | 0.05 |
| 1927 | 61 | #866 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 50 | #963 | 0.05 |
| 1925 | 46 | #1,013 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 50 | #994 | 0.04 |
| 1923 | 47 | #1,026 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 53 | #958 | 0.05 |
| 1921 | 50 | #992 | 0.05 |
| 1920 | 27 | #1,421 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 39 | #1,099 | 0.04 |
| 1918 | 46 | #986 | 0.05 |
| 1917 | 41 | #1,018 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 39 | #1,029 | 0.04 |
| 1915 | 39 | #1,016 | 0.05 |
| 1914 | 28 | #1,074 | 0.04 |
| 1913 | 26 | #970 | 0.05 |
| 1912 | 25 | #894 | 0.06 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,194 | 0.04 |
| 1910 | 12 | #932 | 0.06 |
| 1909 | 15 | #718 | 0.09 |
| 1908 | 16 | #657 | 0.10 |
| 1907 | 11 | #819 | 0.07 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,010 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 10 | #789 | 0.08 |
| 1904 | 8 | #881 | 0.06 |
| 1903 | 7 | #913 | 0.06 |
| 1902 | 9 | #797 | 0.07 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,065 | 0.05 |
| 1900 | 18 | #581 | 0.12 |
| 1899 | 15 | #504 | 0.14 |
| 1898 | 20 | #452 | 0.16 |
| 1897 | 11 | #654 | 0.10 |
| 1896 | 12 | #643 | 0.10 |
| 1895 | 7 | #877 | 0.06 |
| 1894 | 10 | #674 | 0.09 |
| 1893 | 15 | #480 | 0.13 |
| 1892 | 7 | #864 | 0.06 |
| 1891 | 8 | #702 | 0.08 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,011 | 0.05 |
| 1889 | 5 | #981 | 0.05 |
| 1888 | 6 | #923 | 0.05 |
| 1887 | 10 | #588 | 0.10 |
| 1886 | 8 | #701 | 0.07 |
| 1885 | 9 | #648 | 0.08 |
| 1884 | 10 | #615 | 0.09 |
| 1883 | 7 | #723 | 0.07 |
| 1882 | 14 | #492 | 0.12 |
| 1881 | 17 | #418 | 0.17 |
| 1880 | 12 | #530 | 0.11 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Art a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Art has been given almost only to boys: 5 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Art: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Art, and how old are they?
3,220 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 52% of the 6,146 Americans ever recorded as Art. The median Art alive today is 63 years old; half are between 42 and 69.
The 2020 Census counted 9,521 people named Art (63 women and girls, 9,458 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,500 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.7 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census records the name people give, which for many is the short form Art rather than the name on their birth record, and it counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 327 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,430 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 575 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 334 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 224 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 323 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Art born?
The states with the most babies named Art are California, Illinois and Texas, with 69% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 1,363 | #2,230 | 3.0× |
| Illinois | 227 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Texas | 199 | #2,096 | 0.5× |
| Michigan | 182 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 143 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Washington | 95 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| New York | 73 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Arizona | 64 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 39 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Minnesota | 26 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Art is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Art is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 3.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Art with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 6,370 babies since 1880, Art is the most given (96% of them). In 2025 it was given to 34 of their 56 babies (61%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Art
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Art and names like it
- Compare Art and AaritBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sArt peaked in 1961.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Art since 1910.
- The top names of 1961The year the most babies were named Art.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Art alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with AMost given first.