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 1954
Top boys' names in 1954
More about 1954
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2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 41,607 of them was named Arther, which outranked 75.5% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,052Sherwin50
- #1,052Whitney50
- #1,052Williams50
- #1,068Arther49
- #1,068Cal49
- #1,068Ezell49
- #1,068Ford49
- #1,082Arnoldo48
- #1,082Collin48
- #1,082Davie48
Tied with 13 names at #1,068; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 504Arlin#878 → #1,382
- ↓ 347Adan#895 → #1,242
- ↓ 345Dayton#966 → #1,311
- ↓ 302Garey#966 → #1,268
- ↓ 293Bartholomew#975 → #1,268
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.