Arther
Last seen for girls in 1946 at #4,417 · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to boys 99.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1884 · 22 births
- Debut · boys
- 17 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,993since 1880
Arther over time
Rank among boys' names. Arther has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | #10,667 | 5 | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | #8,110 | 6 | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #6,968 | 7 | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | #8,435 | 5 | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | #5,165 | 9 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,200 | 8 | |
| 1987 | — | #5,459 | 7 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,853 | 8 | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,630 | 11 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,003 | 7 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,858 | 10 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,134 | 9 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,777 | 16 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,037 | 13 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,724 | 9 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,941 | 8 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,837 | 8 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,716 | 13 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,819 | 12 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,813 | 12 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,213 | 17 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,314 | 8 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,836 | 19 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,352 | 12 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,043 | 15 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,806 | 19 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,655 | 23 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,115 | 15 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,186 | 14 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,602 | 25 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,728 | 22 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,247 | 39 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,396 | 31 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,388 | 32 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,511 | 27 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,167 | 41 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,068 | 49 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,189 | 39 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,136 | 42 | |
| 1951 | — | #949 | 54 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,123 | 40 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,047 | 45 | |
| 1948 | — | #923 | 56 | |
| 1947 | — | #878 | 63 | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #944 | 50 |
| 1945 | — | #782 | 62 | |
| 1944 | — | #720 | 74 | |
| 1943 | — | #773 | 71 | |
| 1942 | — | #705 | 82 | |
| 1941 | — | #723 | 73 | |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | #607 | 95 |
| 1939 | — | #594 | 95 | |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | #586 | 100 |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #637 | 85 |
| 1936 | — | #698 | 72 | |
| 1935 | — | #539 | 115 | |
| 1934 | — | #601 | 96 | |
| 1933 | — | #582 | 99 | |
| 1932 | — | #542 | 117 | |
| 1931 | — | #507 | 128 | |
| 1930 | — | #558 | 116 | |
| 1929 | — | #517 | 128 | |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #584 | 112 |
| 1927 | — | #564 | 119 | |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #597 | 111 |
| 1925 | — | #569 | 119 | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #626 | 104 |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #564 | 122 |
| 1922 | — | #546 | 132 | |
| 1921 | — | #604 | 110 | |
| 1920 | — | #587 | 113 | |
| 1919 | — | #545 | 120 | |
| 1918 | — | #632 | 94 | |
| 1917 | — | #522 | 122 | |
| 1916 | — | #617 | 89 | |
| 1915 | — | #621 | 86 | |
| 1914 | — | #577 | 76 | |
| 1913 | — | #604 | 53 | |
| 1912 | — | #556 | 52 | |
| 1911 | — | #497 | 35 | |
| 1910 | — | #461 | 35 | |
| 1909 | — | #419 | 35 | |
| 1908 | — | #463 | 28 | |
| 1907 | — | #540 | 20 | |
| 1906 | — | #547 | 18 | |
| 1905 | — | #430 | 25 | |
| 1904 | — | #431 | 24 | |
| 1903 | — | #696 | 11 | |
| 1902 | — | #388 | 26 | |
| 1901 | — | #466 | 17 | |
| 1900 | — | #413 | 30 | |
| 1899 | — | #481 | 16 | |
| 1898 | — | #485 | 18 | |
| 1897 | — | #473 | 17 | |
| 1896 | — | #462 | 19 | |
| 1895 | — | #390 | 24 | |
| 1894 | — | #376 | 24 | |
| 1893 | — | #572 | 12 | |
| 1892 | — | #422 | 20 | |
| 1891 | — | #427 | 17 | |
| 1890 | — | #458 | 16 | |
| 1889 | — | #722 | 8 | |
| 1888 | — | #704 | 9 | |
| 1887 | — | #631 | 9 | |
| 1886 | — | #451 | 16 | |
| 1885 | — | #380 | 22 | |
| 1884 | — | #375 | 22 | |
| 1883 | — | #433 | 17 | |
| 1882 | — | #453 | 16 | |
| 1881 | — | #395 | 18 | |
| 1880 | — | #425 | 17 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Arther was already there! It came in at #425, and was given to 17 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1984–1985, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Arther
- Biggest jump: 265 spots in 1904 (#696 → #431)
- Biggest drop: 308 spots in 1903 (#388 → #696)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1884 at #375 (22 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 70 yrs · run 1880–1948
- Highest: 1 in 4,686 boys born in 1909 were named Arther (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #375 in 1884, was only 1 in 5,202 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.4% of all boys named Arther (1,170) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 154 | #375 (1884) | #497 |
| 1890s | 183 | #376 (1894) | #455 |
| 1900s | 234 | #388 (1902) | #479 |
| 1910s | 762 | #461 (1910) | #563 |
| 1920s | 1,170 | #517 (1929) | #576 |
| 1930s | 1,023 | #507 (1931) | #584 |
| 1940s | 671 | #607 (1940) | #810 |
| 1950s | 394 | #949 (1951) | #1,217 |
| 1960s | 172 | #1,602 (1961) | #2,064 |
| 1970s | 113 | #2,213 (1970) | #3,365 |
| 1980s | 74 | #3,630 (1983) | #4,846 |
| 1990s | 18 | #6,968 (1994) | #7,838 |
| 2000s | 5 | #10,667 (2002) | #10,667 |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 20 | #12,008 (2025) | #12,181 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Arther in 1946
Top girls' names in 1946
Top boys' names in 1946
More about 1946
girls
1,571,305 girls got a published name in 1946; 1 in 261,884 of them was named Arther, which outranked 22.3% of the 5,686 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,994Yvonnie7
- #3,994Zannie7
- #3,994Zeola7
- #4,417Arther6
- #4,417Adean6
- #4,417Adelyn6
- #4,417Adrien6
- #4,960Adine5
- #4,960Adlene5
- #4,960Adra5
Tied with 542 names at #4,417; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,624,023 boys got a published name in 1946; 1 in 32,480 of them was named Arther, which outranked 76.5% of the 4,018 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).