Artie
Feminine
Artie is given to both — 6,399 girls and 4,417 boys since 1880. See Artie as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Artie for a daughter came in from two directions: Arthur, given to girls in the American practice of naming after a father, and Artemisia, a Greek name that had its own quiet nineteenth-century following.
How old is the name Artie?
Artie was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Artie alive today was born around 1919, making them about 106 years old. About 1,000 people named Artie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Artie most popular?
Artie peaked in 1885, reaching #280 nationally. See the whole 1885 chart.
Where it comes from
From Arthur to Artie
The story of Artie
Naming a daughter after a father or grandfather was ordinary practice in nineteenth-century America, and the familiar form was often what was written down — which is how Artie, Willie, Johnnie and Jimmie all hold places on the girls' chart. Artemisia offered a second route, a classical name in modest use in the same decades. Feminine Artie peaked around 1890.
Meaningscholars disagree
Not established
Read through Arthur, the meaning is genuinely unrecovered — the Celtic art, 'bear', is the commonest proposal, but a Roman family name Artorius is equally possible and nothing settles it. Read through Artemisia, it points to the goddess Artemis, whose own name is pre-Greek and also unexplained. Neither route yields a meaning.
How the name formed
- Arthur
- Artie
Related forms: Arty · Artemisia · Arturo
Pronouncing Artie
AR-tee
Two syllables, stress on the first. Said identically for either sex.
Nicknames for Artie
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 1919159 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #280reached in 1885
- Change vs 1987
- +40.0%7 in 2019, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Artie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Arty in English — spelling variant
- Artemisia in Greek — related form
- Arturo in Italian — related form
Arties among us
people named Artie are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Artie has already lived its whole cycle: it rose, had its era, and has stepped off the charts. The fashion question is behind it — what lies ahead is the waiting room where revivals begin, once a name's first generation has grown distant enough for it to sound fresh again.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Two quite different formal names can stand behind it, one Celtic and one Greek.
- Short, warm and easy for a young child to say and spell.
- It carries a real and now largely forgotten American naming practice.
- The name reads as masculine to most English speakers today.
- Neither possible parent yields a recovered meaning.
- It is strongly period-coded to the late nineteenth century.
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Frequently asked
- How many Arties are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,000 people named Artie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Artie in 2025?
- Artie is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Artie with classmates?
- Artie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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