Authur

Last seen for boys in 2006 at #9,585

Peak · boys
#600
1880 · 10 births
Debut · boys
1880
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,192
since 1880

Authur over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Authur has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201927peak #600, 1880boys
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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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rankbirths
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2007—
2006#9,5857
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1998#7,5607
1997—
1996—
1995#6,4078
1994#8,8005
1993#8,7005
1992#6,1288
1991#6,5197
1990#5,8238
1989#5,6158
1988#6,4266
1987#4,23910
1986#5,9266
1985#3,80511
1984#3,70111
1983#3,23013
1982#2,97215
1981#2,49619
1980#3,43012
1979#3,56911
1978#3,40011
1977#2,79115
1976#3,26411
1975#3,42810
1974#2,67414
1973#2,71613
1972#2,99111
1971#2,12619
1970#2,89111
1969#2,54912
1968#1,73121
1967#2,9858
1966#1,81418
1965#1,91817
1964#2,11415
1963#1,83919
1962#1,75721
1961#1,94818
1960#1,58126
1959#1,58825
1958#1,42030
1957#1,11747
1956#1,19341
1955#1,31333
1954#1,21338
1953#95956
1952#1,09444
1951#93456
1950#1,12340
1949#1,18536
1948#1,32330
1947#1,11642
1946#1,06042
1945#1,07836
1944#1,10736
1943#1,01843
1942#1,05441
1941#1,10835
1940#1,10735
1939#1,48920
1938#1,12533
1937#1,11934
1936#1,14233
1935#1,39024
1934#1,11635
1933#1,15932
1932#1,11037
1931#1,30228
1930#1,11639
1929#1,56422
1928#1,38228
1927#1,26733
1926#1,29631
1925#1,45126
1924#1,35530
1923#1,42027
1922#1,30831
1921#1,02646
1920#1,32330
1919#1,35128
1918#1,21133
1917#1,26429
1916#1,15732
1915#1,45422
1914#1,86812
1913#1,31116
1912#1,35313
1911#1,2908
1910#1,1189
1909#95110
1908—
1907#86610
1906#8529
1905#1,0916
1904—
1903#1,1305
1902#9337
1901—
1900#1,0507
1899—
1898#7449
1897#8527
1896#72210
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1894—
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1892#1,0665
1891#8416
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1886—
1885#8366
1884—
1883#7996
1882—
1881#8665
1880#60010
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Authur was already there! It came in at #600, and was given to 10 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1881–1882, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Authur is popular in 1927

No state had 5 or more boys named Authur in 1927, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Authur
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
  • Biggest jump: 239 spots in 1906 (#1,091 → #852)
  • Biggest drop: 266 spots in 1881 (#600 → #866)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #600 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 14 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 1896–1898
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,049
  • Highest: 1 in 11,049 boys born in 1880 were named Authur (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 293,610 boys born in 2006 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 18.7% of all boys named Authur (410) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s27#600 (1880)#775
1890s37#722 (1896)#845
1900s54#852 (1906)#982
1910s202#1,118 (1910)#1,338
1920s304#1,026 (1921)#1,339
1930s315#1,110 (1932)#1,207
1940s376#1,018 (1943)#1,116
1950s410#934 (1951)#1,195
1960s175#1,581 (1960)#2,024
1970s126#2,126 (1971)#2,985
1980s111#2,496 (1981)#4,184
1990s48#5,823 (1990)#7,134
2000s7#9,585 (2006)#9,585

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.

Authur in 1927

boys
#1,267
33 births · 1 in 34,149 boys

Top boys' names in 1927

  1. #1Robert61,674
  2. #2John55,949
  3. #3James53,674
  4. #4William51,476
  5. #5Charles31,941
  6. #6Richard26,768
  7. #7George25,949
  8. #8Donald23,834
  9. #9Joseph23,503
  10. #10Edward19,115
  11. #1,267Authur33
More about 1927

boys

1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 34,149 of them was named Authur, which outranked 73.6% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Authur
  1. #1,248Samual34
  2. #1,248Sarah34
  3. #1,248Spurgeon34
  4. #1,267Authur33
  5. #1,267Allyn33
  6. #1,267Ansel33
  7. #1,267Arlan33
  8. #1,293Agapito32
  9. #1,293Algie32
  10. #1,293Audie32

Tied with 25 names at #1,267; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,863Lindbergh#2,436 → #573
  2. ↑ 966Lindy#1,353 → #387
  3. ↑ 601Sonny#1,565 → #964
  4. ↑ 467Akira#1,404 → #937
  5. ↑ 442Maria#1,432 → #990
Fallers
  1. ↓ 684Minoru#963 → #1,647
  2. ↓ 611Reno#825 → #1,436
  3. ↓ 406Hurley#916 → #1,322
  4. ↓ 356Adelbert#842 → #1,198
  5. ↓ 330Gardner#963 → #1,293

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

See the top 100 for 1927 →