Artin
Masculine · “resurrection”
Artin is an Armenian name, a short form of Harutyun — which is the Armenian word for resurrection.
How old is the name Artin?
Artin first appears in US birth records in 1982 — 43 years ago. The typical Artin is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 500 people named Artin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Artin most popular?
Artin peaked in 2015, reaching #3365 nationally. Today it ranks #4249, 884 places below that high. See the whole 2015 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Harutyun to Artin
The story of Artin
Armenian naming draws heavily on the vocabulary of the church — Harutyun for resurrection, Hovhannes for John, Sarkis for Sergius — and Harutyun is among the most-used men's names in the country. Artin is what everyone actually says. Separately, Persian and Iranian families use Artin, and the two communities both bring it to American records.
Meaningscholars disagree
resurrection
Armenian Harutyun means resurrection and is a common men's name; Artin is its everyday short form. A separate Persian Artin has been offered as connected to a word for pure or to the Artaxerxes family, without clear support.
How the name formed
- Harutyun
- Artin
Related forms: Արտին · Harutyun · Artin
Pronouncing Artin
ar-TEEN
Two syllables with the stress on the second. English speakers say AR-tin.
Nicknames for Artin
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
- 1982
- Most boys named
- 201533 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3365reached in 2015
- Change vs 2024
- +100.0%24 in 2025, from 12
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.
Artin in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Արտին in Armenian — transliteration
- Harutyun in Armenian — related form
- Artin in Persian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California.
Artins among us
people named Artin are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 71,170 born in 2025 was named Artin
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Karin test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Artin's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Karin climbed just as high around 1968, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Karin's path sketches the road Artin is walking now.
Artin sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Artin beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Artin in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled Armenian meaning with real weight behind it.
- Art is a complete short form in its own right.
- Five letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- The stress moves to the front in English mouths.
- It reads as a shortening to Armenian speakers, which may matter on a document.
- The Persian and Armenian uses have different explanations.
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Masculine · #4249 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Artins are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Artin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Artin in 2025?
- Artin ranks #4249 among US boy names in 2025, with 24 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Artin?
- About 1 in every 71,170 US boys born in 2025 was named Artin — 24 in all.
- Will my child share the name Artin with classmates?
- Artin will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Artin
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