Unisex name · since 1916
Artist
Artist has 840 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,733 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,111 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 840
- born since 1916
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Artist is the #2111 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 840 recorded since 1916.
Social Security Administration records show Artist recorded 840 times among boys since 1916, holding rank #2111 nationally today, ahead of 85% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2025.
- #5,733 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,111 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 840 born since 1916
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Artist ranks #5,733 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,111 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 840 born since 1916, peaking in the 2020s.
- #5,733 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,111 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 840
- born since 1916
- 2020s
- peak decade
Artist's 840 recorded births place it above 87.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
13 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Artist compares
840 Top 34% higher than 66% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Artist's all-time total is 128% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Artist | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 840 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 102 | 34 | 22,252 |
Artist's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Artist's full recorded timeline at 1981, 85% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 15% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1932, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 102 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Artist popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 102
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Artist popularity over time - girls
88 total births recorded since 2016 (Artist as girls' name)
Artist by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (518 births, 62% of the file).
2020s was Artist's strongest decade.
518 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Artist births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 7
1910s
7 births
- 1920s 37
1920s
37 births
- 1930s 10
1930s
10 births
- 1940s 34
1940s
34 births
- 1950s 29
1950s
29 births
- 1980s 27
1980s
27 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s 163
2010s
163 births
- 2020s
2020s
518 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 518 births (62% of all-time use).
How Artist compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Artist's total volume
Artist by state
Where Artist concentrates geographically, total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 68 | 8.1% |
| #2 | Florida | | 37 | 4.4% |
| #3 | Texas | | 35 | 4.2% |
| #4 | California | | 28 | 3.3% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 27 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 25 | 3.0% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 16 | 1.9% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 13 | 1.5% |
68 of 840 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Artist appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Artist's data
- New York records the most Artists (68 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Artist: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~109 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, 1916–2025 (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 Artist 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.