Art
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Art is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “bear”. In 2025 it ranked 1,686th for boys in the UK (16 babies) and 3,378th for boys in the US (34 babies).
What does Art mean?
Irish: old Irish name; also a short form of Arthur
“bear”
Art mac Cuinn was a legendary High King of Ireland, son of Conn of the Hundred Battles.
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Is Art a girl's or a boy's name?
Art is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the UK and 34 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Art in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,686among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were named Art, making it the 1,686th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,412th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 20 boys.
Half of all the boys named Art in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales and 344th in Northern Ireland.
Art in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,686 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,585 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 20 | #1,389 |
| 2020 | 19 | #1,412 |
| 2019 | 14 | #1,756 |
| 2018 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2017 | 14 | #1,822 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,007 |
| 2015 | 12 | #1,990 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 15 | #1,692 |
| 2011 | 12 | #1,890 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 12 | #1,852 |
| 2008 | 12 | #1,810 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,522 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
How popular is Art in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,378among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 34 boys in the US were named Art, making it the 3,378th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,808th. Its busiest year was 1961, with 189 boys.
2025 had more boys named Art than any year since 1989.
Half of all the boys named Art in the US since 1880 were born between 1936 and 1965, the years shaded on the chart below.
Art in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #3,378 |
| 2024 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,880 |
| 2022 | 32 | #3,531 |
| 2021 | 29 | #3,736 |
| 2020 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 33 | #3,369 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 23 | #3,102 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 17 | #3,597 |
| 1991 | 28 | #2,463 |
| 1990 | 33 | #2,165 |
| 1989 | 35 | #2,022 |
| 1988 | 31 | #2,030 |
| 1987 | 19 | #2,721 |
| 1986 | 19 | #2,681 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,067 |
| 1984 | 23 | #2,231 |
| 1983 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1982 | 30 | #1,849 |
| 1981 | 17 | #2,678 |
| 1980 | 28 | #1,965 |
| 1979 | 23 | #2,156 |
| 1978 | 23 | #2,068 |
| 1977 | 22 | #2,131 |
| 1976 | 24 | #1,998 |
| 1975 | 25 | #1,883 |
| 1974 | 27 | #1,747 |
| 1973 | 36 | #1,400 |
| 1972 | 34 | #1,453 |
| 1971 | 42 | #1,289 |
| 1970 | 48 | #1,192 |
| 1969 | 43 | #1,198 |
| 1968 | 52 | #1,026 |
| 1967 | 60 | #931 |
| 1966 | 85 | #785 |
| 1965 | 91 | #771 |
| 1964 | 126 | #686 |
| 1963 | 149 | #640 |
| 1962 | 145 | #643 |
| 1961 | 189 | #574 |
| 1960 | 183 | #576 |
| 1959 | 161 | #606 |
| 1958 | 174 | #585 |
| 1957 | 145 | #637 |
| 1956 | 80 | #832 |
| 1955 | 59 | #975 |
| 1954 | 51 | #1,044 |
| 1953 | 58 | #938 |
| 1952 | 40 | #1,165 |
| 1951 | 46 | #1,051 |
| 1950 | 61 | #877 |
| 1949 | 85 | #747 |
| 1948 | 111 | #641 |
| 1947 | 110 | #658 |
| 1946 | 127 | #570 |
| 1945 | 105 | #592 |
| 1944 | 98 | #620 |
| 1943 | 119 | #581 |
| 1942 | 117 | #571 |
| 1941 | 92 | #636 |
| 1940 | 86 | #646 |
| 1939 | 90 | #610 |
| 1938 | 86 | #644 |
| 1937 | 78 | #675 |
| 1936 | 72 | #698 |
| 1935 | 83 | #652 |
| 1934 | 74 | #708 |
| 1933 | 80 | #650 |
| 1932 | 59 | #829 |
| 1931 | 61 | #800 |
| 1930 | 60 | #841 |
| 1929 | 52 | #930 |
| 1928 | 59 | #862 |
| 1927 | 61 | #866 |
| 1926 | 50 | #963 |
| 1925 | 46 | #1,012 |
| 1924 | 50 | #993 |
| 1923 | 47 | #1,026 |
| 1922 | 53 | #958 |
| 1921 | 50 | #991 |
| 1920 | 27 | #1,416 |
| 1919 | 39 | #1,097 |
| 1918 | 46 | #986 |
| 1917 | 41 | #1,017 |
| 1916 | 39 | #1,028 |
| 1915 | 39 | #1,015 |
| 1914 | 28 | #1,073 |
| 1913 | 26 | #969 |
| 1912 | 25 | #892 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,189 |
| 1910 | 12 | #927 |
| 1909 | 15 | #714 |
| 1908 | 16 | #657 |
| 1907 | 11 | #814 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,003 |
| 1905 | 10 | #786 |
| 1904 | 8 | #874 |
| 1903 | 7 | #910 |
| 1902 | 9 | #793 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,057 |
| 1900 | 18 | #578 |
| 1899 | 15 | #502 |
| 1898 | 20 | #452 |
| 1897 | 11 | #652 |
| 1896 | 12 | #641 |
| 1895 | 7 | #871 |
| 1894 | 10 | #667 |
| 1893 | 15 | #479 |
| 1892 | 7 | #860 |
| 1891 | 8 | #699 |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
| 1889 | 5 | #973 |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
| 1887 | 10 | #583 |
| 1886 | 8 | #694 |
| 1885 | 9 | #641 |
| 1884 | 10 | #613 |
| 1883 | 7 | #720 |
| 1882 | 14 | #489 |
| 1881 | 17 | #416 |
| 1880 | 12 | #526 |
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