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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201953peak #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 1953

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #43 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 194 boysAKMaine: #40 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 173 boysMEVermont: #44 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 175 boysVTNew Hampshire: #39 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 167 boysNHWashington: #83 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 441 boysWAIdaho: #93 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 459 boysIDMontana: #59 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 316 boysMTNorth Dakota: #89 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 442 boysNDMinnesota: #100 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 631 boysMNIllinois: #59 for boys · 332 births · 1 in 305 boysILWisconsin: #74 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 451 boysWIMichigan: #56 for boys · 294 births · 1 in 303 boysMINew York: #40 for boys · 844 births · 1 in 194 boysNYMassachusetts: #38 for boys · 288 births · 1 in 180 boysMARhode Island: #32 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 135 boysRIOregon: #69 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 352 boysORNevada: #75 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 334 boysNVWyoming: #66 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 305 boysWYSouth Dakota: #94 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 504 boysSDIowa: #97 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 640 boysIAIndiana: #75 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 449 boysINOhio: #66 for boys · 271 births · 1 in 381 boysOHPennsylvania: #60 for boys · 394 births · 1 in 298 boysPANew Jersey: #40 for boys · 286 births · 1 in 185 boysNJConnecticut: #39 for boys · 123 births · 1 in 183 boysCTCalifornia: #44 for boys · 636 births · 1 in 234 boysCAUtah: #101 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 542 boysUTColorado: #46 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 226 boysCONebraska: #74 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 421 boysNEMissouri: #70 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 397 boysMOKentucky: #71 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 348 boysKYWest Virginia: #94 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 524 boysWVVirginia: #60 for boys · 151 births · 1 in 280 boysVAMaryland: #44 for boys · 117 births · 1 in 243 boysMDDelaware: #34 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 163 boysDEArizona: #34 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 172 boysAZNew Mexico: #50 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 229 boysNMKansas: #83 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 447 boysKSArkansas: #78 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 361 boysARTennessee: #90 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 479 boysTNNorth Carolina: #66 for boys · 174 births · 1 in 311 boysNCSouth Carolina: #53 for boys · 130 births · 1 in 235 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #47 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 232 boysDCOklahoma: #114 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 599 boysOKLouisiana: #51 for boys · 176 births · 1 in 223 boysLAMississippi: #49 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 226 boysMSAlabama: #42 for boys · 213 births · 1 in 181 boysALGeorgia: #50 for boys · 224 births · 1 in 210 boysGAHawaii: #87 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 313 boysHITexas: #49 for boys · 473 births · 1 in 251 boysTXFlorida: #43 for boys · 170 births · 1 in 225 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Rhode Island#32 · 1 in 135
  2. Delaware#34 · 1 in 163
  3. Arizona#34 · 1 in 172
  4. Massachusetts#38 · 1 in 180
  5. New Hampshire#39 · 1 in 167

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Rhode Island#32661 in 135
Arizona#34721 in 172
Delaware#34251 in 163
Massachusetts#382881 in 180
Connecticut#391231 in 183
New Hampshire#39321 in 167
Maine#40561 in 173
New Jersey#402861 in 185
New York#408441 in 194
Alabama#422131 in 181
Alaska#43141 in 194
Florida#431701 in 225
California#446361 in 234
Maryland#441171 in 243
Vermont#44221 in 175
Colorado#46811 in 226
District of Columbia#47621 in 232
Mississippi#491281 in 226
Texas#494731 in 251
Georgia#502241 in 210
New Mexico#50501 in 229
Louisiana#511761 in 223
South Carolina#531301 in 235
Michigan#562941 in 303
Illinois#593321 in 305
Montana#59231 in 316
Pennsylvania#603941 in 298
Virginia#601511 in 280
North Carolina#661741 in 311
Ohio#662711 in 381
Wyoming#66121 in 305
Oregon#69531 in 352
Missouri#701141 in 397
Kentucky#711021 in 348
Nebraska#74361 in 421
Wisconsin#74941 in 451
Indiana#751131 in 449
Nevada#7561 in 334
Arkansas#78581 in 361
Kansas#83521 in 447
Washington#83681 in 441
Hawaii#87221 in 313
North Dakota#89171 in 442
Tennessee#90831 in 479
Idaho#93161 in 459
South Dakota#94161 in 504
West Virginia#94431 in 524
Iowa#97471 in 640
Minnesota#100601 in 631
Utah#101211 in 542
Oklahoma#114411 in 599

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 1953

girls
#1,738
33 births · 1 in 57,009 girls
boys
#50
7,001 births · 1 in 282 boys

Top girls' names in 1953

  1. #1Mary64,389
  2. #2Linda61,281
  3. #3Deborah52,199
  4. #4Patricia51,019
  5. #5Susan44,297
  6. #6Barbara38,473
  7. #7Debra36,856
  8. #8Nancy30,620
  9. #9Karen29,858
  10. #10Pamela25,760
  11. #1,738Arthur33

Top boys' names in 1953

  1. #1Robert86,243
  2. #2James86,066
  3. #3Michael84,198
  4. #4John80,165
  5. #5David76,119
  6. #6William61,829
  7. #7Richard58,389
  8. #8Thomas47,008
  9. #9Charles38,421
  10. #10Gary36,967
  11. #50Arthur7,001
More about 1953

girls

1,881,301 girls got a published name in 1953; 1 in 57,009 of them was named Arthur, which outranked 73.2% of the 6,497 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. #1,707Sigrid34
  2. #1,707Tawana34
  3. #1,707Trinidad34
  4. #1,738Arthur33
  5. #1,738Awilda33
  6. #1,738Bobbye33
  7. #1,738Conchita33
  8. #1,758Amie32
  9. #1,758Bianca32
  10. #1,758Christel32

Tied with 19 names at #1,738; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1952
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,253Enola#3,201 → #948
  2. ↑ 885Lu#1,368 → #483
  3. ↑ 749Joni#1,046 → #297
  4. ↑ 553Brooke#1,351 → #798
  5. ↑ 531Lorri#1,430 → #899
Fallers
  1. ↓ 274Roseanna#808 → #1,082
  2. ↓ 253Georgie#946 → #1,199
  3. ↓ 218Pandora#783 → #1,001
  4. ↓ 204Fonda#822 → #1,026
  5. ↓ 195Brinda#935 → #1,130

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

boys

1,972,299 boys got a published name in 1953; 1 in 282 of them was named Arthur, which outranked 98.8% of the 4,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arthur
  1. #47Keith7,375
  2. #48Dale7,350
  3. #49Willie7,056
  4. #50Arthur7,001
  5. #51Ricky6,887
  6. #52Johnny6,717
  7. #53Brian6,665
Biggest movers since 1952
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,276Faron#2,251 → #975
  2. ↑ 694Shane#1,213 → #519
  3. ↑ 528Enrico#1,517 → #989
  4. ↑ 441Blaise#1,430 → #989
  5. ↑ 429Robbin#1,268 → #839
Fallers
  1. ↓ 427Durwood#981 → #1,408
  2. ↓ 392Jonnie#939 → #1,331
  3. ↓ 312Elvis#968 → #1,280
  4. ↓ 293Edsel#968 → #1,261
  5. ↓ 292Beverly#766 → #1,058

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

See the top 100 for 1953 →