Artice — boys' name
152 babies named Artice in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1926. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
26% of everyone ever named Artice was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Artice in 1926 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Artice
The Social Security Administration has registered 152 babies named Artice between 1916 and 1980, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Artice currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1980. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Artice is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 64 additional births since 1912.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Artice performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Artice shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Artice in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Artice in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 152 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Artice at a glance
Last recorded 1980Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Artice popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1916
- Peak year (1926)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 65 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1980.
152 total births across 65 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1926 with 11 births in a single year.
Artice popularity over time — girls
64 total births recorded since 1912 (Artice as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Artice accounts for 30% of total recorded use across both genders.
Artice by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 40 births that decade — 26% of Artice's all-time total
Artice decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 30 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Artice's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Artice by state
Where Artice concentrates geographically — total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 5 | 3.3% |
5 of 152 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 3.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1916–1980 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.