girls:
64 births since 2016
#5652 (1st percentile)
boys:
682 births since 1916
#3905 (15th percentile)
overall:
746 births since 1916
#6993 (10th percentile)
The name Artist is the #6,993 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 746 recorded births since 1916. This represents the 9.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 9.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,905 (14.8% percentile) for all time with 682 births since 1916. For girls, it ranks #5,652 (1.1% percentile) for all time with 64 births since 2016.
Artist first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1916 (1916 for boys and 2016 for girls). Birth data for Artist is available in 36 out of the 108 years between 1916 and 2023 (36 years for boys and 7 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Artist has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 91.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 89.1% of babies named Artist were boys.
For boys, Artist reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 10.4% percentile (ranked #828) with 54 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 54 births per million (ranked 10.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Artist ranks #826 for boys (9.3% percentile) with 49 births per million, which is 91.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Artist reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #947) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Artist ranks #941 for girls (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 70.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Artist".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Artist. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 78.7% confident that Artist is pronounced as AHR-tihst, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AHR-tuhst, at 21.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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