Fun Facts About the Name Artist
- 926 babies named Artist: U.S. records list 926 babies given the name Artist from 1880 through 2025. Even 88 girls received the name Artist - about 1 girl for every 10 boys.
What Does the Name Artist Mean?
Artist is an English word name taken directly from the common noun artist, meaning "one who practices a skilled craft or art." The noun entered English in the 16th century by way of Middle French artiste, from Italian artista, both formed on Latin ars (genitive artis), "art, skill, craft."
In Latin, ars covered any trained skill - medicine, rhetoric, warfare, and handicraft as well as the visual arts. The narrower modern sense of a practitioner of the fine arts developed later in the European vernaculars. The deeper origin of Latin ars is not settled: it is often connected with a root meaning "to fit together," which also lies behind Latin artus, "joint," but this derivation remains uncertain. The given name carries no meaning beyond the plain noun.
Artist Name History & Origins
The word artist came into English in the sixteenth century from French, which had taken it from Italian artista. In Renaissance Italian, artista referred to a student or master of the liberal arts, and the term broadened in French and English to cover painters, sculptors, and other makers. The older English noun for a skilled maker was artificer, which artist largely displaced in the fine-arts sense.
As a personal name, Artist belongs to the English tradition of word names, in which an ordinary noun is given as a name; that tradition includes the Puritan virtue names and occupational surnames later promoted to first names. The name stays rare and appears mainly in the modern English-speaking world. It is unrelated to Art, the short form of Arthur, or to other names that merely share its opening letters.
How Popular is the Name Artist?
Artist has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2022. Its best rank was #1,691 in 2022.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,421 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2024 | #8,473 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2023 | #9,049 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2022 | #7,012 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2021 | #8,520 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #13,627 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2019 | #14,017 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #11,525 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #16,540 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,111 | 69 | 0.0040% |
| 2024 | #1,848 | 87 | 0.0051% |
| 2023 | #1,787 | 90 | 0.0053% |
| 2022 | #1,691 | 101 | 0.0058% |
| 2021 | #1,771 | 90 | 0.0051% |
| 2020 | #1,870 | 79 | 0.0046% |
| 2019 | #2,132 | 67 | 0.0037% |
| 2018 | #3,054 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 2017 | #4,231 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2016 | #8,202 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2014 | #7,597 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2013 | #9,732 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2011 | #8,820 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2009 | #12,647 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #10,815 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #8,780 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1988 | #6,478 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #5,001 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1981 | #4,989 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1980 | #5,571 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1957 | #3,574 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1956 | #3,554 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1955 | #2,976 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1950 | #2,592 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1949 | #3,323 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1947 | #3,753 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1945 | #3,360 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1944 | #2,641 | 8 | 0.0006% |
| 1943 | #3,574 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1942 | #3,595 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1935 | #3,669 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1932 | #3,809 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1929 | #3,578 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1927 | #3,168 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1923 | #3,194 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1922 | #3,030 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1920 | #3,843 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1916 | #3,199 | 7 | 0.0008% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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