Authur
Last seen for boys in 2006 at #9,585
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,192since 1880
Authur over time
Rank among boys' names. Authur has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #9,585 | 7 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #3,805 | 11 |
| 1984 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | #2,972 | 15 |
| 1981 | #2,496 | 19 |
| 1980 | #3,430 | 12 |
| 1979 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #3,400 | 11 |
| 1977 | #2,791 | 15 |
| 1976 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #3,428 | 10 |
| 1974 | #2,674 | 14 |
| 1973 | #2,716 | 13 |
| 1972 | #2,991 | 11 |
| 1971 | #2,126 | 19 |
| 1970 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #2,549 | 12 |
| 1968 | #1,731 | 21 |
| 1967 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #1,814 | 18 |
| 1965 | #1,918 | 17 |
| 1964 | #2,114 | 15 |
| 1963 | #1,839 | 19 |
| 1962 | #1,757 | 21 |
| 1961 | #1,948 | 18 |
| 1960 | #1,581 | 26 |
| 1959 | #1,588 | 25 |
| 1958 | #1,420 | 30 |
| 1957 | #1,117 | 47 |
| 1956 | #1,193 | 41 |
| 1955 | #1,313 | 33 |
| 1954 | #1,213 | 38 |
| 1953 | #959 | 56 |
| 1952 | #1,094 | 44 |
| 1951 | #934 | 56 |
| 1950 | #1,123 | 40 |
| 1949 | #1,185 | 36 |
| 1948 | #1,323 | 30 |
| 1947 | #1,116 | 42 |
| 1946 | #1,060 | 42 |
| 1945 | #1,078 | 36 |
| 1944 | #1,107 | 36 |
| 1943 | #1,018 | 43 |
| 1942 | #1,054 | 41 |
| 1941 | #1,108 | 35 |
| 1940 | #1,107 | 35 |
| 1939 | #1,489 | 20 |
| 1938 | #1,125 | 33 |
| 1937 | #1,119 | 34 |
| 1936 | #1,142 | 33 |
| 1935 | #1,390 | 24 |
| 1934 | #1,116 | 35 |
| 1933 | #1,159 | 32 |
| 1932 | #1,110 | 37 |
| 1931 | #1,302 | 28 |
| 1930 | #1,116 | 39 |
| 1929 | #1,564 | 22 |
| 1928 | #1,382 | 28 |
| 1927 | #1,267 | 33 |
| 1926 | #1,296 | 31 |
| 1925 | #1,451 | 26 |
| 1924 | #1,355 | 30 |
| 1923 | #1,420 | 27 |
| 1922 | #1,308 | 31 |
| 1921 | #1,026 | 46 |
| 1920 | #1,323 | 30 |
| 1919 | #1,351 | 28 |
| 1918 | #1,211 | 33 |
| 1917 | #1,264 | 29 |
| 1916 | #1,157 | 32 |
| 1915 | #1,454 | 22 |
| 1914 | #1,868 | 12 |
| 1913 | #1,311 | 16 |
| 1912 | #1,353 | 13 |
| 1911 | #1,290 | 8 |
| 1910 | #1,118 | 9 |
| 1909 | #951 | 10 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #866 | 10 |
| 1906 | #852 | 9 |
| 1905 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | #933 | 7 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #744 | 9 |
| 1897 | #852 | 7 |
| 1896 | #722 | 10 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | #841 | 6 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #836 | 6 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #799 | 6 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #866 | 5 |
| 1880 | #600 | 10 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Authur was already there! It came in at #600, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1882, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Authur
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
- Biggest jump: 239 spots in 1906 (#1,091 → #852)
- Biggest drop: 266 spots in 1881 (#600 → #866)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #600 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 1896–1898
- Highest: 1 in 11,049 boys born in 1880 were named Authur (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 293,610 boys born in 2006 (0.00%)
- 18.7% of all boys named Authur (410) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 27 | #600 (1880) | #775 |
| 1890s | 37 | #722 (1896) | #845 |
| 1900s | 54 | #852 (1906) | #982 |
| 1910s | 202 | #1,118 (1910) | #1,338 |
| 1920s | 304 | #1,026 (1921) | #1,339 |
| 1930s | 315 | #1,110 (1932) | #1,207 |
| 1940s | 376 | #1,018 (1943) | #1,116 |
| 1950s | 410 | #934 (1951) | #1,195 |
| 1960s | 175 | #1,581 (1960) | #2,024 |
| 1970s | 126 | #2,126 (1971) | #2,985 |
| 1980s | 111 | #2,496 (1981) | #4,184 |
| 1990s | 48 | #5,823 (1990) | #7,134 |
| 2000s | 7 | #9,585 (2006) | #9,585 |
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.
Authur in 1941
Top boys' names in 1941
More about 1941
boys
1,228,318 boys got a published name in 1941; 1 in 35,095 of them was named Authur, which outranked 72.3% of the 4,002 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,091Rose36
- #1,091Sherwin36
- #1,091Wendel36
- #1,108Authur35
- #1,108Addison35
- #1,108Alois35
- #1,108Arne35
- #1,129Aloysius34
- #1,129Benson34
- #1,129Courtney34
Tied with 20 names at #1,108; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.