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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201916peak #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.

Where Arthur is popular in 1916

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Arthur, so not publishedAKMaine: #9 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 47 boysMEVermont: #15 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 53 boysVTNew Hampshire: #12 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 47 boysNHWashington: #13 for boys · 121 births · 1 in 62 boysWAIdaho: #17 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 81 boysIDMontana: #16 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 69 boysMTNorth Dakota: #7 for boys · 122 births · 1 in 55 boysNDMinnesota: #13 for boys · 284 births · 1 in 66 boysMNIllinois: #16 for boys · 616 births · 1 in 81 boysILWisconsin: #14 for boys · 287 births · 1 in 70 boysWIMichigan: #14 for boys · 392 births · 1 in 70 boysMINew York: #14 for boys · 1,139 births · 1 in 70 boysNYMassachusetts: #13 for boys · 557 births · 1 in 52 boysMARhode Island: #13 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 45 boysRIOregon: #17 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 73 boysORNevada: #12 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 36 boysNVWyoming: #14 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 54 boysWYSouth Dakota: #16 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 76 boysSDIowa: #16 for boys · 211 births · 1 in 86 boysIAIndiana: #23 for boys · 199 births · 1 in 102 boysINOhio: #23 for boys · 386 births · 1 in 105 boysOHPennsylvania: #29 for boys · 579 births · 1 in 127 boysPANew Jersey: #22 for boys · 255 births · 1 in 95 boysNJConnecticut: #20 for boys · 148 births · 1 in 78 boysCTCalifornia: #14 for boys · 236 births · 1 in 76 boysCAUtah: #19 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 94 boysUTColorado: #26 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 100 boysCONebraska: #19 for boys · 117 births · 1 in 89 boysNEMissouri: #17 for boys · 283 births · 1 in 87 boysMOKentucky: #29 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 154 boysKYWest Virginia: #29 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 138 boysWVVirginia: #22 for boys · 165 births · 1 in 112 boysVAMaryland: #21 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 106 boysMDDelaware: #27 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 119 boysDEArizona: #15 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 74 boysAZNew Mexico: #25 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 109 boysNMKansas: #23 for boys · 137 births · 1 in 96 boysKSArkansas: #26 for boys · 105 births · 1 in 130 boysARTennessee: #33 for boys · 116 births · 1 in 161 boysTNNorth Carolina: #27 for boys · 174 births · 1 in 144 boysNCSouth Carolina: #19 for boys · 157 births · 1 in 107 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #20 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 92 boysDCOklahoma: #31 for boys · 111 births · 1 in 140 boysOKLouisiana: #21 for boys · 129 births · 1 in 115 boysLAMississippi: #28 for boys · 116 births · 1 in 140 boysMSAlabama: #18 for boys · 177 births · 1 in 120 boysALGeorgia: #23 for boys · 197 births · 1 in 133 boysGAHawaii: #40 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 123 boysHITexas: #26 for boys · 247 births · 1 in 155 boysTXFlorida: #16 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 84 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Dakota#7 · 1 in 55
  2. Maine#9 · 1 in 47
  3. Nevada#12 · 1 in 36
  4. New Hampshire#12 · 1 in 47
  5. Rhode Island#13 · 1 in 45

Best ever in a state: #3 in North Dakota, 1913.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#71221 in 55
Maine#91001 in 47
Nevada#1281 in 36
New Hampshire#12551 in 47
Massachusetts#135571 in 52
Minnesota#132841 in 66
Rhode Island#13911 in 45
Washington#131211 in 62
California#142361 in 76
Michigan#143921 in 70
New York#141,1391 in 70
Wisconsin#142871 in 70
Wyoming#14191 in 54
Arizona#15331 in 74
Vermont#15391 in 53
Florida#16891 in 84
Illinois#166161 in 81
Iowa#162111 in 86
Montana#16691 in 69
South Dakota#16671 in 76
Idaho#17401 in 81
Missouri#172831 in 87
Oregon#17611 in 73
Alabama#181771 in 120
Nebraska#191171 in 89
South Carolina#191571 in 107
Utah#19421 in 94
Connecticut#201481 in 78
District of Columbia#20221 in 92
Louisiana#211291 in 115
Maryland#21961 in 106
New Jersey#222551 in 95
Virginia#221651 in 112
Georgia#231971 in 133
Indiana#231991 in 102
Kansas#231371 in 96
Ohio#233861 in 105
New Mexico#25251 in 109
Arkansas#261051 in 130
Colorado#26621 in 100
Texas#262471 in 155
Delaware#27121 in 119
North Carolina#271741 in 144
Mississippi#281161 in 140
Kentucky#291281 in 154
Pennsylvania#295791 in 127
West Virginia#29811 in 138
Oklahoma#311111 in 140
Tennessee#331161 in 161
Hawaii#40151 in 123
Alaska———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1916

girls
#1,167
37 births · 1 in 28,225 girls
boys
#18
8,921 births · 1 in 100 boys

Top girls' names in 1916

  1. #1Mary61,438
  2. #2Helen32,661
  3. #3Dorothy27,418
  4. #4Margaret24,953
  5. #5Ruth23,189
  6. #6Mildred15,633
  7. #7Anna15,228
  8. #8Elizabeth14,940
  9. #9Frances13,746
  10. #10Virginia12,487
  11. #1,167Arthur37

Top boys' names in 1916

  1. #1John50,043
  2. #2William40,418
  3. #3James35,569
  4. #4Robert31,741
  5. #5Joseph23,883
  6. #6Charles23,612
  7. #7George23,381
  8. #8Edward17,005
  9. #9Frank15,291
  10. #10Thomas11,998
  11. #18Arthur8,921
More about 1916

girls

1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 28,225 of them was named Arthur, which outranked 77.4% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arthur
  1. #1,147Roselle38
  2. #1,147Rutha38
  3. #1,147Steffie38
  4. #1,167Arthur37
  5. #1,167Abigail37
  6. #1,167Anabel37
  7. #1,167Arizona37
  8. #1,189Almira36
  9. #1,189Cleda36
  10. #1,189Colette36

Tied with 21 names at #1,167; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1915
Risers
  1. ↑ 567Trinidad#1,317 → #750
  2. ↑ 388Coral#1,367 → #979
  3. ↑ 377Coletta#1,317 → #940
  4. ↑ 370Clifford#1,285 → #915
  5. ↑ 327Maida#1,231 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 364Louis#934 → #1,298
  2. ↓ 354Herminia#944 → #1,298
  3. ↓ 346Gertha#900 → #1,246
  4. ↓ 344Lahoma#934 → #1,278
  5. ↓ 310Hassie#900 → #1,210

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

boys

890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 100 of them was named Arthur, which outranked 99.6% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arthur
  1. #15Richard10,134
  2. #16Raymond9,565
  3. #17Albert9,044
  4. #18Arthur8,921
  5. #19Harry8,476
  6. #20Donald7,736
  7. #21Ralph7,085
Biggest movers since 1915
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,568Tatsuo#3,392 → #824
  2. ↑ 1,088Hughes#1,878 → #790
  3. ↑ 410Angel#1,181 → #771
  4. ↑ 378Trinidad#1,181 → #803
  5. ↑ 354Rolla#1,306 → #952
Fallers
  1. ↓ 500Nicolas#804 → #1,304
  2. ↓ 468Collins#906 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 463Hilliard#952 → #1,415
  4. ↓ 383Arvo#952 → #1,335
  5. ↓ 363Rayford#941 → #1,304

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

See the top 100 for 1916 →