Arthur

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #12,161 · #87 for boys in 2025, 3,847 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
#14
1896 · 1,821 births
Debut · boys
1880
1,599 births
In top 100 · boys
91 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
548,729
since 1880

Arthur over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201908peak #14, 1896boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#873,847
2024#12,1617#1053,334
2023—#1302,832
2022—#1402,691
2021—#1542,477
2020—#1632,338
2019—#1772,193
2018—#2291,653
2017—#2451,514
2016#16,2155#2731,345
2015—#2921,247
2014—#3061,153
2013—#3211,034
2012—#355865
2011—#339893
2010—#388730
2009—#374812
2008—#363862
2007—#375819
2006—#377793
2005—#356830
2004—#355792
2003—#351795
2002—#326844
2001—#319881
2000—#316914
1999—#320874
1998—#290983
1997—#287973
1996—#2761,008
1995—#2541,113
1994#11,7786#2481,160
1993#13,4425#2341,241
1992#10,4797#2191,412
1991#6,58813#2121,477
1990#9,2478#1971,542
1989#8,7618#1891,534
1988#5,89513#1831,552
1987#5,07415#1771,557
1986#4,96415#1701,571
1985#4,45517#1581,716
1984#4,73715#1591,700
1983#3,55522#1571,747
1982#4,16718#1571,794
1981#4,53216#1521,802
1980#4,14818#1471,821
1979#4,23117#1441,862
1978#3,92418#1411,874
1977#6,3409#1351,969
1976#3,54019#1371,904
1975#3,15522#1282,022
1974#3,42619#1262,074
1973#3,01522#1192,204
1972#2,68026#1192,394
1971#3,16621#1172,816
1970#2,45030#1112,981
1969#2,76823#973,138
1968#1,97537#983,039
1967#2,21229#943,312
1966#3,74012#963,482
1965#1,99334#963,779
1964#1,97536#914,147
1963#2,21129#914,275
1962#2,03133#914,441
1961#2,41125#854,815
1960#2,09730#825,194
1959#2,15228#765,474
1958#2,26025#725,663
1957#1,86934#666,052
1956#1,83534#606,289
1955#1,80334#566,570
1954#1,67737#526,856
1953#1,73833#507,001
1952#1,68034#477,236
1951#1,84228#447,414
1950#1,91125#467,161
1949#1,45240#447,482
1948#1,82027#447,576
1947#1,75230#388,255
1946#1,53233#367,537
1945#1,41832#346,802
1944#1,15346#297,255
1943#1,25142#307,785
1942#1,32537#298,027
1941#1,29435#336,739
1940#1,17039#336,510
1939#1,10242#326,380
1938#1,09143#326,525
1937#90458#316,321
1936#92954#306,264
1935#1,05543#296,547
1934#95552#296,443
1933#1,00847#256,525
1932#94056#256,916
1931#81270#237,525
1930#78680#238,284
1929#73590#228,470
1928#73194#228,880
1927#80082#229,338
1926#82978#209,465
1925#84178#209,986
1924#1,03156#2010,172
1923#99257#199,924
1922#1,00855#1910,114
1921#1,04552#1910,527
1920#90864#1810,236
1919#93357#199,540
1918#88565#1710,105
1917#1,02647#179,282
1916#1,16737#188,921
1915#1,09438#188,564
1914#1,22825#186,641
1913#1,46516#175,422
1912#1,11722#154,685
1911#1,30013#182,376
1910#1,20714#171,942
1909#1,9576#181,665
1908#1,26111#161,601
1907#1,09213#161,553
1906#1,4168#151,486
1905#1,01114#161,505
1904#1,2519#151,495
1903#1,7925#151,435
1902#1,5946#151,487
1901#1,3397#141,329
1900#91717#151,853
1899#98311#141,357
1898#1,3797#141,619
1897#1,3856#141,647
1896#1,04710#141,821
1895#1,2028#141,666
1894#1,3536#141,712
1893#95510#141,635
1892#1,0179#141,768
1891#1,0937#141,514
1890#1,0068#141,610
1889#9029#141,668
1888#9598#141,710
1887#7889#141,489
1886#8288#141,656
1885#69510#151,516
1884#8517#141,690
1883#9205#141,591
1882#9085#141,686
1881—#141,575
1880#8365#141,599
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Arthur was already there! It came in at #14, and was given to 1,599 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1996–2013, when fewer than 1,100 boys a year got the name.

See more about Arthur
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 18 spots since 2024 (#105 → #87)
  • 76 spots since 2020 (#163 → #87)
  • 205 spots since 2015 (#292 → #87)
  • Biggest jump: 52 spots in 2019 (#229 → #177)
  • Biggest drop: 30 spots in 1999 (#290 → #320)
Rise & fade · boys
16 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1896 at #14 (1,821 births)
  • Births halved by 1999, 103 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 91 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 91 yrs · run 1880–1969
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 64
  • Highest: 1 in 64 boys born in 1881 were named Arthur (1.6%)
  • Latest: 1 in 444 boys born in 2025 (0.23%)
  • Its best rank, #14 in 1896, was only 1 in 66 (1.5%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 17.7% of all boys named Arthur (97,112) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s16,180#14 (1888)#14
1890s16,349#14 (1896)#14
1900s15,409#14 (1901)#16
1910s67,478#15 (1912)#17
1920s97,112#18 (1920)#20
1930s67,730#23 (1930)#28
1940s73,968#29 (1942)#35
1950s65,716#44 (1951)#57
1960s39,622#82 (1960)#92
1970s22,100#111 (1970)#128
1980s16,794#147 (1980)#165
1990s11,783#197 (1990)#254
2000s8,342#316 (2000)#351
2010s12,627#177 (2019)#293
2020s17,519#87 (2025)#130

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.

Arthur in 1908

girls
#1,261
11 births · 1 in 30,392 girls
boys
#16
1,601 births · 1 in 96 boys

Top girls' names in 1908

  1. #1Mary18,665
  2. #2Helen8,439
  3. #3Margaret6,976
  4. #4Ruth6,180
  5. #5Anna5,860
  6. #6Dorothy5,703
  7. #7Elizabeth4,904
  8. #8Mildred4,624
  9. #9Alice4,270
  10. #10Marie4,076
  11. #1,261Arthur11

Top boys' names in 1908

  1. #1John9,343
  2. #2William7,529
  3. #3James7,012
  4. #4George4,584
  5. #5Robert4,219
  6. #6Joseph4,162
  7. #7Charles3,929
  8. #8Frank3,146
  9. #9Edward2,707
  10. #10Thomas2,301
  11. #16Arthur1,601
More about 1908

girls

334,312 girls got a published name in 1908; 1 in 30,392 of them was named Arthur, which outranked 48.2% of the 2,434 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arthur
  1. #1,203Vivienne12
  2. #1,203Will12
  3. #1,203Williemae12
  4. #1,261Arthur11
  5. #1,261Adda11
  6. #1,261Almira11
  7. #1,261Anniemae11
  8. #1,357Albirta10
  9. #1,357Alcie10
  10. #1,357Almer10

Tied with 95 names at #1,261; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1907
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,122Bernetta#2,061 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,122Nila#2,061 → #939
  3. ↑ 909Arnetta#1,821 → #912
  4. ↑ 703Edra#1,512 → #809
  5. ↑ 703Hertha#1,512 → #809
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,261Aurore#840 → #2,101
  2. ↓ 1,178Tula#923 → #2,101
  3. ↓ 1,111Oneida#990 → #2,101
  4. ↓ 1,043Walter#819 → #1,862
  5. ↓ 1,022Gayle#840 → #1,862

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

154,336 boys got a published name in 1908; 1 in 96 of them was named Arthur, which outranked 99.0% of the 1,584 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arthur
  1. #13Willie1,964
  2. #14Harry1,934
  3. #15Albert1,642
  4. #16Arthur1,601
  5. #17Harold1,542
  6. #18Paul1,478
  7. #19Clarence1,428
Biggest movers since 1907
Risers
  1. ↑ 634Ludwig#1,200 → #566
  2. ↑ 633Norval#1,345 → #712
  3. ↑ 601Duke#1,345 → #744
  4. ↑ 601Francesco#1,345 → #744
  5. ↑ 601Guss#1,345 → #744
Fallers
  1. ↓ 709Elden#664 → #1,373
  2. ↓ 709Minor#664 → #1,373
  3. ↓ 595Ezell#778 → #1,373
  4. ↓ 595Fleming#778 → #1,373
  5. ↓ 558Bessie#815 → #1,373

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1908 →