Name meaning & stats
Art
Art means “bear (debated)” (Celtic origin). 4,285 US babies since 1940, peak 1961.
What it means
“bear (debated)”
CelticPet form of Arthur
In US birth records
Peak year: 1961
4,285 US babies were named Art between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Art (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 74% of the family
- Art 74%
- Arath 20%
- Arth 4%
- Aarit 3%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1961)