Unisex name · since 1880
Artie
6,399 babies named Artie in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,202 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 6,399
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Artie sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 6,399 recorded since 1880.
Artie has 6,399 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2019.
- #2,202 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 6,399 born since 1880
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Artie ranks #2,202 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 6,399 born since 1880, peaking in the 1910s.
- #2,202 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 6,399
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Artie's 6,399 recorded births place it above 96.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
19 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
Artie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Artie splits its recorded history at 1931: 27% of all births land in the more recent half, 73% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1916 peak of 180 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Artie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2019
- Peak year (1916)
- 180
- Annual births at peak, across 140 years of records
Artie popularity over time - boys
4,417 total births recorded since 1880 (Artie as boys' name)
Artie by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (1,377 births, 22% of the file).
1910s was Artie's strongest decade.
1,377 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Artie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 403
1880s
403 births
- 1890s
1890s
699 births
- 1900s
1900s
772 births
- 1910s
1910s
1,377 births
- 1920s
1920s
1,323 births
- 1930s
1930s
778 births
- 1940s 501
1940s
501 births
- 1950s 325
1950s
325 births
- 1960s 134
1960s
134 births
- 1970s 57
1970s
57 births
- 1980s 23
1980s
23 births
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 1,377 births (22% of all-time use).
How Artie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Artie's total volume
Artie by state
Where Artie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 752 | 11.8% |
| #2 | Kentucky | | 368 | 5.8% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 328 | 5.1% |
| #4 | Arkansas | | 306 | 4.8% |
| #5 | Alabama | | 219 | 3.4% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 193 | 3.0% |
| #7 | Oklahoma | | 184 | 2.9% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 170 | 2.7% |
752 of 6,399 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Artie appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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- Artie's decade-level peak was the 1910s (1,377 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Arties (752 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Artie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1916)
Similar record span (~139 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Artie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.