Artist
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- AR-tist
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,108 for boys
Artist is a name of English origin, meaning “artist”. In 2025 it ranked 2,108th for boys in the US (69 babies).
What does Artist mean?
English: English word, ultimately from Latin ars
“artist”
From the English word for a creator of art, ultimately from Latin ars, 'skill, art'.
Is Artist a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Artist has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls and 69 boys in the US.
How popular is Artist in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,108th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 69 about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 69 boys in the US were named Artist, making it the 2,108th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,872nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 102 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916. 12 girls were also named Artist in 2025 (8,360th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Artist than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Artist in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 15% of the babies named Artist in the US were girls.
Artist in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 69 | #2,108 |
| 2024 | 88 | #1,833 |
| 2023 | 90 | #1,787 |
| 2022 | 102 | #1,678 |
| 2021 | 90 | #1,770 |
| 2020 | 79 | #1,872 |
| 2019 | 67 | #2,128 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,053 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,579 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,150 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,173 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,176 |
Nicknames for Artist
- Art 16 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Artist
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Archer, Avyaan, Truett, Saint, Atlas, Aarav, Shepherd, Beckett, Wylder, Wilder, Axton, Atharv
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from 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, “Artist: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/artist, updated 20 October 2026.