Arthur
Arthur is ranked 105th among boys in 2024 (3,318 births). Its best rank was 14th, in 1880–1884, 1886–1899, 1901.
- Rank in 2024
- #105up 25 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3,3180.19% of boys
- Peak year
- 192110,527 births
- Best rank
- #14first in 1880
- Since 1880
- 548,057people given the name
The story in the numbers
544,857 boys have been named Arthur in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 10,527 births — 0.96% of all boys recorded that year.
It is rising: its share of births is at least one and a half times what it was ten years ago (rank 306 → 105).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1938, and the 1920s alone account for 18%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 90 of them in the top 100.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 3,200 girls have also been given it, 0.58% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Arthur | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 16,180 | |
| 1890s | 16,349 | |
| 1900s | 15,409 | |
| 1910s | 67,478 | |
| 1920s | 97,112 | |
| 1930s | 67,730 | |
| 1940s | 73,966 | |
| 1950s | 65,720 | |
| 1960s | 39,620 | |
| 1970s | 22,102 | |
| 1980s | 16,795 | |
| 1990s | 11,782 | |
| 2000s | 8,341 | |
| 2010s | 12,626 | |
| 2020s | 13,647 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Arthur was the 19th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1921 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Arthur
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Georgepeak 1921
- Hughpeak 1916
- Walterpeak 1918
- Frankpeak 1918
- Albertpeak 1921
- Lewispeak 1921
- Lymanpeak 1917
- Harmonpeak 1921
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.