Arto

Boys' name

Possibly bear, through Artturi

Arto has been given to 15 babies in the U.S. since 1935. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1935, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Arto, 2018

1 in 703,000

Arto over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Arto: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly bear, through Artturi

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Arto means

Arto belongs to the name family reached through Arto → Artturi → Arthur. Its meaning is “bear”.

Origin, language, and formation

Arto is used in Finnish.

Arto comes through Russian Артем.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Artturi, Артем and Arthur.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Arto is pronounced /ˈɑrto/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 15 boys were recorded with the name Arto between 1935 and 2018. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1935; its best national rank was #3,669 in 1935.

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.

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How common is Arto?

Arto had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2018, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2018: 1 in 703,000; 5 of 3,516,853 births
Among boys only: 1 in 363,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2018: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 487,541 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Arto 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 2018 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 487,541 children born in 2018 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Arto. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Artos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Arto was born before 1948 — so the typical Arto is around 77 today.

Median birth year: 1948; About 77 years old
Biggest decade: 1930s; 33.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 33.3%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1930s — 33.3% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Arto 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1935 (5)
Years since peak: 90; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #3,669; 1935

Spellings of Arto

Arto is not the most common spelling — Mario is, with 20.9% against Arto's <0.01%.

Mario20.9%151,310
Marco10.6%76,578
Arturo7.9%57,082
Alton6.5%47,457
Otto5.5%39,915
Marty4.4%32,180
Arlo3.3%24,245
Anton3.3%23,915

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.

Arto around the world

Where Arto 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
2014–2025
#5,137
in 2025
France
2003–2025
#5,078
in 2025
South Australia
1984–1984
#455
in 1984

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

Arto by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,669; 1935
Peak year: 1935; 5 that year
First recorded: 1935
Last recorded: 2018
All-time count: 15
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Arto

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

Arti Arta Arteo Artyst Artreus Artee Arth Arton Arthar Arthel Arter Arthas Artan Artell Arty Artemiy Arthus Artemy Arthell Arteen Barto Artha Artimus Berto

Sibling names for Arto

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

For a sister

Shirlee Marlyn Lavonne Claudette Joe Marlys Jimmie Pearlie

For a brother

Huey Shirley Boyce Rayford Delano Talmadge Franklyn Marlin

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