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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201942peak #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 1942

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Arthur, so not publishedAKMaine: #24 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 91 boysMEVermont: #25 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 92 boysVTNew Hampshire: #19 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 85 boysNHWashington: #48 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 216 boysWAIdaho: #57 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 231 boysIDMontana: #33 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 139 boysMTNorth Dakota: #52 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 219 boysNDMinnesota: #45 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 237 boysMNIllinois: #33 for boys · 435 births · 1 in 170 boysILWisconsin: #39 for boys · 139 births · 1 in 213 boysWIMichigan: #29 for boys · 368 births · 1 in 157 boysMINew York: #21 for boys · 1,175 births · 1 in 100 boysNYMassachusetts: #21 for boys · 452 births · 1 in 88 boysMARhode Island: #21 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 70 boysRIOregon: #48 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 227 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Arthur, so not publishedNVWyoming: #50 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 207 boysWYSouth Dakota: #51 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 234 boysSDIowa: #63 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 318 boysIAIndiana: #42 for boys · 143 births · 1 in 240 boysINOhio: #40 for boys · 291 births · 1 in 235 boysOHPennsylvania: #36 for boys · 536 births · 1 in 174 boysPANew Jersey: #22 for boys · 335 births · 1 in 112 boysNJConnecticut: #21 for boys · 174 births · 1 in 96 boysCTCalifornia: #34 for boys · 407 births · 1 in 179 boysCAUtah: #42 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 183 boysUTColorado: #31 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 152 boysCONebraska: #58 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 275 boysNEMissouri: #39 for boys · 172 births · 1 in 196 boysMOKentucky: #45 for boys · 131 births · 1 in 229 boysKYWest Virginia: #50 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 257 boysWVVirginia: #36 for boys · 171 births · 1 in 173 boysVAMaryland: #31 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 162 boysMDDelaware: #34 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 141 boysDEArizona: #23 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 106 boysAZNew Mexico: #25 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 104 boysNMKansas: #48 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 251 boysKSArkansas: #55 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 262 boysARTennessee: #53 for boys · 121 births · 1 in 264 boysTNNorth Carolina: #47 for boys · 183 births · 1 in 228 boysNCSouth Carolina: #33 for boys · 143 births · 1 in 166 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #23 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 137 boysDCOklahoma: #86 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 383 boysOKLouisiana: #34 for boys · 171 births · 1 in 153 boysLAMississippi: #41 for boys · 125 births · 1 in 190 boysMSAlabama: #29 for boys · 226 births · 1 in 145 boysALGeorgia: #32 for boys · 219 births · 1 in 161 boysGAHawaii: #29 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 97 boysHITexas: #42 for boys · 307 births · 1 in 230 boysTXFlorida: #22 for boys · 142 births · 1 in 131 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Hampshire#19 · 1 in 85
  2. Rhode Island#21 · 1 in 70
  3. Massachusetts#21 · 1 in 88
  4. Connecticut#21 · 1 in 96
  5. New York#21 · 1 in 100

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Hampshire#19481 in 85
Connecticut#211741 in 96
Massachusetts#214521 in 88
New York#211,1751 in 100
Rhode Island#21881 in 70
Florida#221421 in 131
New Jersey#223351 in 112
Arizona#23571 in 106
District of Columbia#23671 in 137
Maine#24831 in 91
New Mexico#25581 in 104
Vermont#25311 in 92
Alabama#292261 in 145
Hawaii#29431 in 97
Michigan#293681 in 157
Colorado#31701 in 152
Maryland#311131 in 162
Georgia#322191 in 161
Illinois#334351 in 170
Montana#33351 in 139
South Carolina#331431 in 166
California#344071 in 179
Delaware#34161 in 141
Louisiana#341711 in 153
Pennsylvania#365361 in 174
Virginia#361711 in 173
Missouri#391721 in 196
Wisconsin#391391 in 213
Ohio#402911 in 235
Mississippi#411251 in 190
Indiana#421431 in 240
Texas#423071 in 230
Utah#42381 in 183
Kentucky#451311 in 229
Minnesota#451131 in 237
North Carolina#471831 in 228
Kansas#48611 in 251
Oregon#48451 in 227
Washington#48811 in 216
West Virginia#50811 in 257
Wyoming#50101 in 207
South Dakota#51221 in 234
North Dakota#52261 in 219
Tennessee#531211 in 264
Arkansas#55801 in 262
Idaho#57211 in 231
Nebraska#58391 in 275
Iowa#63721 in 318
Oklahoma#86561 in 383
Alaska———
Nevada———

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 1942

girls
#1,325
37 births · 1 in 36,506 girls
boys
#29
8,027 births · 1 in 172 boys

Top girls' names in 1942

  1. #1Mary63,256
  2. #2Barbara44,739
  3. #3Patricia39,465
  4. #4Linda31,613
  5. #5Carol30,272
  6. #6Sandra24,994
  7. #7Judith24,792
  8. #8Nancy23,327
  9. #9Betty21,659
  10. #10Carolyn19,978
  11. #1,325Arthur37

Top boys' names in 1942

  1. #1James77,182
  2. #2Robert71,845
  3. #3John66,043
  4. #4William54,890
  5. #5Richard43,593
  6. #6David35,905
  7. #7Charles35,854
  8. #8Thomas31,100
  9. #9Ronald27,138
  10. #10Donald23,955
  11. #29Arthur8,027
More about 1942

girls

1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 36,506 of them was named Arthur, which outranked 75.4% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arthur
  1. #1,300Sharan38
  2. #1,300Sibyl38
  3. #1,300Starr38
  4. #1,325Arthur37
  5. #1,325Deirdre37
  6. #1,325Donnis37
  7. #1,325Fredia37
  8. #1,349Alexis36
  9. #1,349Almeda36
  10. #1,349Carolynne36

Tied with 23 names at #1,325; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,567Michal#4,420 → #853
  2. ↑ 1,885Merrily#2,397 → #512
  3. ↑ 1,081Merrilee#1,954 → #873
  4. ↑ 783Jerrilyn#1,610 → #827
  5. ↑ 760Candace#1,418 → #658
Fallers
  1. ↓ 354Rebekah#924 → #1,278
  2. ↓ 350Leatha#830 → #1,180
  3. ↓ 307Nella#993 → #1,300
  4. ↓ 272Arla#934 → #1,206
  5. ↓ 262Vivien#735 → #997

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

boys

1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 172 of them was named Arthur, which outranked 99.3% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arthur
  1. #26Walter8,682
  2. #27Harold8,582
  3. #28Daniel8,507
  4. #29Arthur8,027
  5. #30Lawrence7,639
  6. #31Henry7,561
  7. #32Stephen7,503
Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,993Macarthur#3,505 → #512
  2. ↑ 1,546Mcarthur#1,903 → #357
  3. ↑ 655Collin#1,588 → #933
  4. ↑ 514Delmas#1,254 → #740
  5. ↑ 390Colin#713 → #323
Fallers
  1. ↓ 525Otho#971 → #1,496
  2. ↓ 440Florian#918 → #1,358
  3. ↓ 421Martha#960 → #1,381
  4. ↓ 407Watson#951 → #1,358
  5. ↓ 371Gaylen#987 → #1,358

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

See the top 100 for 1942 →