Arta
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AR-ta
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Arta is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “truth; righteous order”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Arta mean?
Persian: Old Persian arta 'truth, order'; also an Albanian name meaning 'golden'
“truth; righteous order”
The same element appears in old Persian royal names such as Artaxerxes.
Is Arta a girl's or a boy's name?
Arta is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arta in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Arta, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Arta in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Arta in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
How popular is Arta in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1921, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1884. 11 boys were also named Arta in 2025 (7,190th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Arta in the US since 1880 were born between 1919 and 1949, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arta in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 10 | #3,686 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,551 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,660 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,881 |
| 1947 | 12 | #3,060 |
| 1946 | 11 | #3,033 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,590 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 1935 | 14 | #2,205 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,913 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,867 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,642 |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,224 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,343 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,300 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,766 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,858 |
| 1926 | 16 | #2,256 |
| 1925 | 16 | #2,282 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,264 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 17 | #2,195 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,097 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,264 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,518 |
| 1917 | 15 | #2,203 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,657 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,963 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,637 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,670 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,140 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,676 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,951 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,695 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,658 |
| 1903 | 8 | #1,318 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,699 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,592 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 8 | #1,006 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,136 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 7 | #851 |
Names like Arta
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ezra, Arthur, Albie, Jasper, Arlo, Albert, Luca, Atlas, Asher, Axel, Alfred, Jesse
Names related to Arta
More Persian names
Esther, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman, Armaan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Arta: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arta, updated 20 October 2026.