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Artis

#4,870 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Short form of Artūrs

Artis has been given to 6,335 babies in the U.S. since 1900. In 2025 it ranked #4,870 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1951, with 103 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 85% boys, 15% girls all-time.

Babies named Artis, 2025

1 in 166,000

Artis over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Artis over time

In 2025, Artis went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19002025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Artis: meaning, origin, and history

Short form of Artūrs

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Artis means

Artis is a short form of Artūrs.

Origin, language, and formation

Artis is used in Latvian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Artūrs.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,377 boys were recorded with the name Artis between 1900 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 103 in 1951; its best national rank was #555 in 1908.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #7,069 in 2020 to #4,870 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #5,759 in 2015 to #4,870 in 2025.

In the United States, 958 girls were recorded with the name Artis between 1910 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 31 in 1948; its best national rank was #1,334 in 1937.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Artis?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 166,000
20 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 85,400
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#4,870
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
114,896 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Artis sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 114,896 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Artis. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Artiss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Artis was born before 1953 — so the typical Artis is around 72 today.

Median birth year
1953
About 72 years old
Biggest decade
1950s
16.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
7.8%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
3,017
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1950s — 16.6% of all recorded uses (891).

Is Artis rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+29
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+2,199
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+889
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.33×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
19.4%
Peak was 1951 (103)
Years since peak
74
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
21.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#555
1908

Spellings of Artis

Artis is not the most common spelling — Martin is, with 36.6% against Artis's 0.62%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Artis is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Artis was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 7,143 boys, against 1 in 41,423 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

014 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 7,143
  2. 2Mississippi1 in 9,091
  3. 3Louisiana1 in 11,111
  4. 4Alabama1 in 14,286
  5. 5North Carolina1 in 14,286
  6. 6Arkansas1 in 20,000
  7. 7Texas1 in 25,000
  8. 8Florida1 in 33,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Artis has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Artis is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Artis was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 737,180 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in —
  2. 2Pennsylvania1 in —
  3. 3Tennessee1 in —
  4. 4Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Artis has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Artis around the world

Where Artis ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2011–2025
    #5,137
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2011–2011
    #730
    in 2011
  • France
    2022–2022
    #5,851
    in 2022
  • South Australia
    1952–1952
    #345
    in 1952

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Notable people named Artis

People whose public names include Artis, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Artis by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,870
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,199
Best rank ever
#555
1908
Peak year
1951
103 that year
First recorded
1900
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,377
Count in 2025
20

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,334
1937
Peak year
1948
31 that year
First recorded
1910
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
958
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Artis

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Artis

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Artis, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

WardellStantonCurtissLorinLorenzaFeltonStanfordIvoryDeltonGlynnDavieBerry

Sibling names for Artis

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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