The first name Arto
A boy’s name.
2 syllables Male
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 3 boys were named Arto, making it the 5,137th most popular boys’ name. It peaked in 2017, with 6 births (#3,040).
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Arto with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Arto at birth, 1880–2025
In 2018, 5 boys born in the United States were named Arto, the 12,317th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1935, when 5 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Arto
16 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Arto PaasilinnaFinnish poet, novelist, screenwriter, and jourrnalist (1942–2018)
- Arto HärkönenFinnish javelin thrower, born 1959
- Arto LindsayAmerican musician, born 1953
- Arto BryggareFinnish politician and former hurdler, born 1958
- Arto NilssonFinnish boxer (1948-2019)
- Arto KoivistoFinnish cross-country skier, born 1947
- Arto TiainenFinnish cross-country skier and politician, 1930–1998
- Arto TolsaFinnish footballer (1945-1989)
- Arto SalomaaFinnish mathematician and computer scientist; academian of science (Academy of Finland), p, 1934–2025
- Arto TchakmaktchianCanadian artist (1933-2019)
- Arto SaariFinnish skateboarder and photographer, born 1981
- Arto AasEstonian politician (born 1980)
Questions
- How popular is the name Arto?
- In 2025, 3 boys born in England and Wales were named Arto, ranking 5,137th. Its peak was 2017, with 6 births.
- When was Arto most popular?
- 1935 in the United States, when 5 babies were named Arto, its highest rank at 3,670th.