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

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Peak · boys
1884 · 22 births
Debut · boys
17 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,993
since 1880

Arther over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Arther has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201893peak #375, 1884boys
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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—#12,0085
2024——
2023—#12,2395
2022—#12,3305
2021—#12,1465
2020——
2019——
2018——
2017——
2016——
2015——
2014——
2013——
2012——
2011——
2010——
2009——
2008——
2007——
2006——
2005——
2004——
2003——
2002—#10,6675
2001——
2000——
1999——
1998——
1997—#8,1106
1996——
1995——
1994—#6,9687
1993——
1992—#8,4355
1991——
1990——
1989—#5,1659
1988—#5,2008
1987—#5,4597
1986—#4,8538
1985——
1984—#6,3155
1983—#3,63011
1982—#5,0037
1981—#3,85810
1980—#4,1349
1979—#2,77716
1978—#5,7725
1977—#3,03713
1976—#3,7249
1975—#3,9418
1974—#3,8378
1973—#2,71613
1972—#2,81912
1971—#2,81312
1970—#2,21317
1969—#3,3148
1968—#1,83619
1967—#2,35212
1966—#2,04315
1965—#1,80619
1964—#1,65523
1963—#2,11515
1962—#2,18614
1961—#1,60225
1960—#1,72822
1959—#1,24739
1958—#1,39631
1957—#1,38832
1956—#1,51127
1955—#1,16741
1954—#1,06849
1953—#1,18939
1952—#1,13642
1951—#94954
1950—#1,12340
1949—#1,04745
1948—#92356
1947—#87863
1946#4,4176#94450
1945—#78262
1944—#72074
1943—#77371
1942—#70582
1941—#72373
1940#3,5037#60795
1939—#59495
1938#3,8476#586100
1937#4,2555#63785
1936—#69872
1935—#539115
1934—#60196
1933—#58299
1932—#542117
1931—#507128
1930—#558116
1929—#517128
1928#3,7437#584112
1927—#564119
1926#4,3066#597111
1925—#569119
1924#5,0615#626104
1923#4,9675#564122
1922—#546132
1921—#604110
1920—#587113
1919—#545120
1918—#63294
1917—#522122
1916—#61789
1915—#62186
1914—#57776
1913—#60453
1912—#55652
1911—#49735
1910—#46135
1909—#41935
1908—#46328
1907—#54020
1906—#54718
1905—#43025
1904—#43124
1903—#69611
1902—#38826
1901—#46617
1900—#41330
1899—#48116
1898—#48518
1897—#47317
1896—#46219
1895—#39024
1894—#37624
1893—#57212
1892—#42220
1891—#42717
1890—#45816
1889—#7228
1888—#7049
1887—#6319
1886—#45116
1885—#38022
1884—#37522
1883—#43317
1882—#45316
1881—#39518
1880—#42517
First appearance
1880

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.

Where Arther is popular in 1893

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Arther
Momentum · boys
Brand new
  • Biggest jump: 265 spots in 1904 (#696 → #431)
  • Biggest drop: 308 spots in 1903 (#388 → #696)
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1884 at #375 (22 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 70 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 70 yrs · run 1880–1948
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,686
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 23.4% of all boys named Arther (1,170) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s154#375 (1884)#497
1890s183#376 (1894)#455
1900s234#388 (1902)#479
1910s762#461 (1910)#563
1920s1,170#517 (1929)#576
1930s1,023#507 (1931)#584
1940s671#607 (1940)#810
1950s394#949 (1951)#1,217
1960s172#1,602 (1961)#2,064
1970s113#2,213 (1970)#3,365
1980s74#3,630 (1983)#4,846
1990s18#6,968 (1994)#7,838
2000s5#10,667 (2002)#10,667
2010s0——
2020s20#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 1893

boys
#572
12 births · 1 in 9,360 boys

Top boys' names in 1893

  1. #1John8,049
  2. #2William7,223
  3. #3James5,030
  4. #4George4,320
  5. #5Charles3,723
  6. #6Joseph2,997
  7. #7Frank2,917
  8. #8Robert2,563
  9. #9Edward2,309
  10. #10Harry2,245
  11. #572Arther12
More about 1893

boys

112,318 boys got a published name in 1893; 1 in 9,360 of them was named Arther, which outranked 51.5% of the 1,179 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 36.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arther
  1. #538Washington13
  2. #538Webster13
  3. #538Wellington13
  4. #572Arther12
  5. #572Alan12
  6. #572Billie12
  7. #572Buford12
  8. #615Adelbert11
  9. #615Alf11
  10. #615Alice11

Tied with 42 names at #572; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1892
Risers
  1. ↑ 675Lindsay#1,066 → #391
  2. ↑ 528Carrie#1,066 → #538
  3. ↑ 528Ansel#1,066 → #538
  4. ↑ 528Jule#1,066 → #538
  5. ↑ 528Sanders#1,066 → #538
Fallers
  1. ↓ 488Levy#547 → #1,035
  2. ↓ 438Bonnie#597 → #1,035
  3. ↓ 438Carson#597 → #1,035
  4. ↓ 394Coy#641 → #1,035
  5. ↓ 394Helmer#641 → #1,035

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

See the top 100 for 1893 →