Boy or Girl

Is Art a boy or girl name?

Art is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 28 boys were named Art, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.1% of the 6,113 US babies named Art were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
#3,885
Girl rank, 2024
Not ranked
Babies named Art since 1880
6,113
Most popular year
1961
190 babies
Babies named Art each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Art from 1880 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Art, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1880s9800%
1890s11000%
1900s10600%
1910s30451.6%
1920s49500%
1930s74300%
1940s1,05000%
1950s87500%
1960s1,12400%
1970s30400%
1980s23800%
1990s19100%
2000s13500%
2010s19100%
2020s14400%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
202428#3,8850–
202328#3,8850–
202232#3,5390–
202129#3,7420–
202027#3,8200–
201921#4,6500–
201833#3,3760–
201723#4,3350–
201617#5,3350–
201520#4,7280–
201412#6,6610–
201321#4,4780–
201217#5,2680–
201110#7,5420–
201017#5,2650–
200912#6,8310–
200814#6,0920–
200715#5,6770–
200611#6,9400–
200511#6,6750–
200412#6,1600–
200310#6,7680–
200213#5,4210–
200120#3,9820–
200017#4,4020–
199918#3,9950–
199816#4,2150–
199715#4,2580–
199623#3,1140–
199513#4,5290–
199410#5,4840–
199318#3,5070–
199217#3,6140–
199128#2,4740–
199033#2,1730–
198935#2,0320–
198831#2,0380–
198719#2,7330–
198619#2,6910–
198515#3,0820–
198423#2,2360–
198321#2,3430–
198230#1,8520–
198117#2,6860–
198028#1,9680–
197923#2,1600–
197823#2,0740–
197722#2,1330–
197624#2,0050–
197525#1,8890–
197427#1,7530–
197336#1,4000–
197234#1,4540–
197142#1,2900–
197048#1,1940–
196943#1,2000–
196852#1,0290–
196760#9320–
196685#7850–
196592#7670–
1964125#6880–
1963149#6400–
1962145#6430–
1961190#5710–
1960183#5770–
1959161#6070–
1958174#5860–
1957145#6380–
195680#8330–
195559#9760–
195451#1,0460–
195358#9390–
195240#1,1670–
195146#1,0550–
195061#8780–
194985#7480–
1948111#6420–
1947110#6580–
1946127#5700–
1945105#5930–
194498#6200–
1943119#5810–
1942117#5710–
194192#6350–
194086#6460–
193990#6100–
193886#6440–
193778#6760–
193672#6980–
193583#6530–
193474#7090–
193380#6500–
193259#8290–
193161#8010–
193060#8410–
192952#9300–
192859#8620–
192761#8660–
192650#9630–
192546#1,0130–
192450#9940–
192347#1,0260–
192253#9580–
192150#9920–
192027#1,4210–
191939#1,0990–
191846#9875#4,869
191741#1,0180–
191639#1,0290–
191539#1,0160–
191428#1,0740–
191326#9700–
191225#8940–
19119#1,1950–
191012#9330–
190915#7180–
190816#6570–
190711#8200–
19067#1,0110–
190510#7890–
19048#8810–
19037#9130–
19029#7980–
19015#1,0660–
190018#5810–
189915#5040–
189820#4520–
189711#6540–
189612#6430–
18957#8780–
189410#6750–
189315#4800–
18927#8650–
18918#7030–
18905#1,0110–
18895#9820–
18886#9230–
188710#5880–
18868#7010–
18859#6480–
188410#6150–
18837#7230–
188214#4920–
188117#4180–
188012#5300–

Highest rank

As a boy name, Art reached #418 in 1881. As a girl name, it reached #4,869 in 1918. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 1960s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

Names spelled like Art

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.