On August 4, 1903, Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto became the 257th Pope of the Catholic Church.
Later that day, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur S. Picking of Bloomfield, New Jersey welcomed a baby boy. Despite being Episcopalians, they named their baby Arthur Sarto Picking.
Young Arthur Sarto was “[p]robably the first child in the country to be named in honor of Pope Pius X,” according to the New York Times.
Source: “Baby Named for Pope.” New York Times 6 Aug. 1903.
Well, that certainly is an interesting person to name your child after. Even the pope himself didn’t keep that name!
And supposedly Sarto was not even the family’s real name. Interesting nontheless.
Just stumbled upon another Sarto baby:
John Sarto Schanberger, born in Baltimore on August 5, 1903, to Mr. and Mrs. Harry P. Schanberger.
Source: “Named After Pope Pius X.” Sun [Baltimore] 11 Aug. 1903: 7.