Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Art

#1,533 most common boys' name of all time · #3,720 across all names · >99% boys / <1% girls · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#1,533
Rank overall
#3,720 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
6,146
Since 2016
272
Peak year
1961 #574
Best rank
#429 1881
📖The word “art” appears in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 189/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Art is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 34 34 #3,383
2024 — 28 28 #3,899
2023 — 28 28 #3,885
2022 — 32 32 #3,537
2021 — 29 29 #3,742
2020 — 27 27 #3,814
2019 — 21 21 #4,641
2018 — 33 33 #3,375
2017 — 23 23 #4,333
2016 — 17 17 #5,323
2015 — 20 20 #4,714
2014 — 12 12 #6,641
2013 — 21 21 #4,468
2012 — 17 17 #5,259
2011 — 10 10 #7,511
2010 — 17 17 #5,261
2009 — 12 12 #6,808
2008 — 14 14 #6,072
2007 — 15 15 #5,662
2006 — 11 11 #6,911
2005 — 11 11 #6,641
2004 — 12 12 #6,145
2003 — 10 10 #6,729
2002 — 13 13 #5,405
2001 — 20 20 #3,979
2000 — 17 17 #4,392
1999 — 18 18 #3,992
1998 — 16 16 #4,203
1997 — 15 15 #4,253
1996 — 23 23 #3,108
1995 — 13 13 #4,518
1994 — 10 10 #5,463
1993 — 18 18 #3,506
1992 — 17 17 #3,609
1991 — 28 28 #2,473
1990 — 33 33 #2,175
1989 — 35 35 #2,032
1988 — 31 31 #2,036
1987 — 19 19 #2,727
1986 — 19 19 #2,689
1985 — 15 15 #3,074
1984 — 23 23 #2,236
1983 — 21 21 #2,345
1982 — 30 30 #1,852
1981 — 17 17 #2,691
1980 — 28 28 #1,967
1979 — 23 23 #2,162
1978 — 23 23 #2,072
1977 — 22 22 #2,138
1976 — 24 24 #2,004
1975 — 25 25 #1,889
1974 — 27 27 #1,750
1973 — 36 36 #1,401
1972 — 34 34 #1,458
1971 — 42 42 #1,290
1970 — 48 48 #1,194
1969 — 43 43 #1,201
1968 — 52 52 #1,027
1967 — 60 60 #934
1966 — 85 85 #787
1965 — 91 91 #772
1964 — 126 126 #687
1963 — 149 149 #642
1962 — 145 145 #644
1961 — 189 189 #574
1960 — 183 183 #577
1959 — 161 161 #608
1958 — 174 174 #586
1957 — 145 145 #638
1956 — 80 80 #834
1955 — 59 59 #978
1954 — 51 51 #1,046
1953 — 58 58 #942
1952 — 40 40 #1,168
1951 — 46 46 #1,056
1950 — 61 61 #879
1949 — 85 85 #748
1948 — 111 111 #642
1947 — 110 110 #659
1946 — 127 127 #570
1945 — 105 105 #594
1944 — 98 98 #620
1943 — 119 119 #583
1942 — 117 117 #572
1941 — 92 92 #638
1940 — 86 86 #648
1939 — 90 90 #611
1938 — 86 86 #645
1937 — 78 78 #678
1936 — 72 72 #701
1935 — 83 83 #654
1934 — 74 74 #711
1933 — 80 80 #651
1932 — 59 59 #830
1931 — 61 61 #802
1930 — 60 60 #846
1929 — 52 52 #932
1928 — 59 59 #865
1927 — 61 61 #868
1926 — 50 50 #964
1925 — 46 46 #1,012
1924 — 50 50 #993
1923 — 47 47 #1,026
1922 — 53 53 #959
1921 — 50 50 #991
1920 — 27 27 #1,420
1919 — 39 39 #1,098
1918 5 46 51 #988
1917 — 41 41 #1,018
1916 — 39 39 #1,031
1915 — 39 39 #1,018
1914 — 28 28 #1,074
1913 — 26 26 #977
1912 — 25 25 #896
1911 — 9 9 #1,209
1910 — 12 12 #937
1909 — 15 15 #726
1908 — 16 16 #666
1907 — 11 11 #838
1906 — 7 7 #1,024
1905 — 10 10 #800
1904 — 8 8 #893
1903 — 7 7 #932
1902 — 9 9 #814
1901 — 5 5 #1,082
1900 — 18 18 #587
1899 — 15 15 #510
1898 — 20 20 #466
1897 — 11 11 #667
1896 — 12 12 #653
1895 — 7 7 #895
1894 — 10 10 #688
1893 — 15 15 #490
1892 — 7 7 #881
1891 — 8 8 #721
1890 — 5 5 #1,022
1889 — 5 5 #993
1888 — 6 6 #930
1887 — 10 10 #601
1886 — 8 8 #714
1885 — 9 9 #653
1884 — 10 10 #625
1883 — 7 7 #737
1882 — 14 14 #504
1881 — 17 17 #429
1880 — 12 12 #533