Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Artist isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Artist through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 928
- 840 boys · 88 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 118 babies
- 2025
- 81
- #2,111 for boys · #8,421 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +107%
- Rising fast
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 88% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 69 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,111 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 102.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 12 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (13). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 388 as a first name in 2020; 519 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Artist’s family of names
In English usage, Artist as a surname has a related form in Artis.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Artist
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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