Artist Boy
How popular is Artist?
#2,108 boy name in 2025
69 baby boys were named Artist in the US in 2025, making it the 2108th most popular boy name. Another 12 girls got the name (#8,360 for girls).
Artist popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,108 for boys (▼ 275 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 69 boys, 12 girls |
| 10-year trend | New in the last 10 years |
| Earlier ranks | #1,872 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (102 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,678 in 2022 |
| First recorded | 1916 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 88% boys, 12% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Artist counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Artist family of names ranked #1,700 for boys in 2025 (#1,568 the year before), with 75 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | 69 | 92% |
| Artyst | 6 | 8% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Artist is most popular
Babies named Artist per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Connecticut: 0.2 per 1,000 (11 boys)
- Louisiana: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 boys)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (52 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (25 boys)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (21 boys)
Artist by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 7 | #3,176 |
| 1920s | 37 | #3,013 |
| 1930s | 10 | #3,644 |
| 1940s | 34 | #2,632 |
| 1950s | 29 | #2,579 |
| 1980s | 27 | #4,959 |
| 1990s | 5 | #8,693 |
| 2000s | 10 | #10,660 |
| 2010s | 163 | #2,128 |
| 2020s | 518 | #1,678 |
Boy names about as popular as Artist
Questions
- Is Artist a boy or girl name?
- Artist is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 88% of babies named Artist were boys.
- How popular is the name Artist?
- 69 baby boys were named Artist in the US in 2025, making it the 2108th most popular boy name. Another 12 girls got the name (#8,360 for girls).
- When was Artist most popular?
- Artist peaked in 2022, when 102 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,678 in 2022.
- How many people are named Artist?
- 928 babies have been named Artist in the US since 1880. We estimate about 845 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 5.
- Where is Artist most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Artist was most common in Connecticut, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.