Artist is an English word name chosen for its meaning, "artist", a creator of art, from the Latin ars, meaning "skill" or "craft". It belongs to the group of aspirational word names such as Legend, Prince and Sincere that have grown in the 2010s. In the United States Artist first appeared in 2016 at number 8203, rose quickly to a peak of number 1678 in 2022 and stands at number 2111 among boys' names in 2025.