Arthur
#63 most common boys' name of all time · #119 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#63
Rank overall
#119 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
551,930
Since 2016
24,236
Peak year
1921 #19
Best rank
#14 1880
Girls
Boys
peak 10,579/yr
Arthur is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 3,847 | 3,847 | #87 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3,334 | 3,341 | #105 |
| 2023 | — | 2,832 | 2,832 | #130 |
| 2022 | — | 2,691 | 2,691 | #140 |
| 2021 | — | 2,477 | 2,477 | #154 |
| 2020 | — | 2,338 | 2,338 | #163 |
| 2019 | — | 2,193 | 2,193 | #177 |
| 2018 | — | 1,653 | 1,653 | #229 |
| 2017 | — | 1,514 | 1,514 | #245 |
| 2016 | 5 | 1,345 | 1,350 | #273 |
| 2015 | — | 1,247 | 1,247 | #292 |
| 2014 | — | 1,153 | 1,153 | #306 |
| 2013 | — | 1,034 | 1,034 | #321 |
| 2012 | — | 865 | 865 | #355 |
| 2011 | — | 893 | 893 | #339 |
| 2010 | — | 730 | 730 | #388 |
| 2009 | — | 812 | 812 | #374 |
| 2008 | — | 862 | 862 | #363 |
| 2007 | — | 819 | 819 | #375 |
| 2006 | — | 793 | 793 | #377 |
| 2005 | — | 830 | 830 | #356 |
| 2004 | — | 792 | 792 | #355 |
| 2003 | — | 795 | 795 | #351 |
| 2002 | — | 844 | 844 | #326 |
| 2001 | — | 881 | 881 | #319 |
| 2000 | — | 914 | 914 | #316 |
| 1999 | — | 874 | 874 | #320 |
| 1998 | — | 983 | 983 | #290 |
| 1997 | — | 973 | 973 | #287 |
| 1996 | — | 1,008 | 1,008 | #276 |
| 1995 | — | 1,113 | 1,113 | #254 |
| 1994 | 6 | 1,160 | 1,166 | #248 |
| 1993 | 5 | 1,241 | 1,246 | #234 |
| 1992 | 7 | 1,412 | 1,419 | #219 |
| 1991 | 13 | 1,477 | 1,490 | #212 |
| 1990 | 8 | 1,542 | 1,550 | #197 |
| 1989 | 8 | 1,534 | 1,542 | #189 |
| 1988 | 13 | 1,552 | 1,565 | #183 |
| 1987 | 15 | 1,557 | 1,572 | #177 |
| 1986 | 15 | 1,571 | 1,586 | #170 |
| 1985 | 17 | 1,716 | 1,733 | #158 |
| 1984 | 15 | 1,700 | 1,715 | #159 |
| 1983 | 22 | 1,747 | 1,769 | #157 |
| 1982 | 18 | 1,794 | 1,812 | #157 |
| 1981 | 16 | 1,802 | 1,818 | #152 |
| 1980 | 18 | 1,821 | 1,839 | #147 |
| 1979 | 17 | 1,862 | 1,879 | #144 |
| 1978 | 18 | 1,874 | 1,892 | #141 |
| 1977 | 9 | 1,969 | 1,978 | #135 |
| 1976 | 19 | 1,904 | 1,923 | #137 |
| 1975 | 22 | 2,022 | 2,044 | #128 |
| 1974 | 19 | 2,074 | 2,093 | #126 |
| 1973 | 22 | 2,204 | 2,226 | #119 |
| 1972 | 26 | 2,394 | 2,420 | #119 |
| 1971 | 21 | 2,816 | 2,837 | #117 |
| 1970 | 30 | 2,981 | 3,011 | #111 |
| 1969 | 23 | 3,138 | 3,161 | #97 |
| 1968 | 37 | 3,039 | 3,076 | #98 |
| 1967 | 29 | 3,312 | 3,341 | #94 |
| 1966 | 12 | 3,482 | 3,494 | #96 |
| 1965 | 34 | 3,779 | 3,813 | #96 |
| 1964 | 36 | 4,147 | 4,183 | #91 |
| 1963 | 29 | 4,275 | 4,304 | #91 |
| 1962 | 33 | 4,441 | 4,474 | #91 |
| 1961 | 25 | 4,815 | 4,840 | #85 |
| 1960 | 30 | 5,194 | 5,224 | #82 |
| 1959 | 28 | 5,474 | 5,502 | #76 |
| 1958 | 25 | 5,663 | 5,688 | #72 |
| 1957 | 34 | 6,052 | 6,086 | #66 |
| 1956 | 34 | 6,289 | 6,323 | #60 |
| 1955 | 34 | 6,570 | 6,604 | #56 |
| 1954 | 37 | 6,856 | 6,893 | #52 |
| 1953 | 33 | 7,001 | 7,034 | #50 |
| 1952 | 34 | 7,236 | 7,270 | #47 |
| 1951 | 28 | 7,414 | 7,442 | #44 |
| 1950 | 25 | 7,161 | 7,186 | #46 |
| 1949 | 40 | 7,482 | 7,522 | #44 |
| 1948 | 27 | 7,576 | 7,603 | #44 |
| 1947 | 30 | 8,255 | 8,285 | #38 |
| 1946 | 33 | 7,537 | 7,570 | #36 |
| 1945 | 32 | 6,802 | 6,834 | #34 |
| 1944 | 46 | 7,255 | 7,301 | #29 |
| 1943 | 42 | 7,785 | 7,827 | #30 |
| 1942 | 37 | 8,027 | 8,064 | #29 |
| 1941 | 35 | 6,739 | 6,774 | #33 |
| 1940 | 39 | 6,510 | 6,549 | #33 |
| 1939 | 42 | 6,380 | 6,422 | #32 |
| 1938 | 43 | 6,525 | 6,568 | #32 |
| 1937 | 58 | 6,321 | 6,379 | #31 |
| 1936 | 54 | 6,264 | 6,318 | #30 |
| 1935 | 43 | 6,547 | 6,590 | #29 |
| 1934 | 52 | 6,443 | 6,495 | #29 |
| 1933 | 47 | 6,525 | 6,572 | #25 |
| 1932 | 56 | 6,916 | 6,972 | #25 |
| 1931 | 70 | 7,525 | 7,595 | #23 |
| 1930 | 80 | 8,284 | 8,364 | #23 |
| 1929 | 90 | 8,470 | 8,560 | #22 |
| 1928 | 94 | 8,880 | 8,974 | #22 |
| 1927 | 82 | 9,338 | 9,420 | #22 |
| 1926 | 78 | 9,465 | 9,543 | #20 |
| 1925 | 78 | 9,986 | 10,064 | #20 |
| 1924 | 56 | 10,172 | 10,228 | #20 |
| 1923 | 57 | 9,924 | 9,981 | #19 |
| 1922 | 55 | 10,114 | 10,169 | #19 |
| 1921 | 52 | 10,527 | 10,579 | #19 |
| 1920 | 64 | 10,236 | 10,300 | #18 |
| 1919 | 57 | 9,540 | 9,597 | #19 |
| 1918 | 65 | 10,105 | 10,170 | #17 |
| 1917 | 47 | 9,282 | 9,329 | #17 |
| 1916 | 37 | 8,921 | 8,958 | #18 |
| 1915 | 38 | 8,564 | 8,602 | #18 |
| 1914 | 25 | 6,641 | 6,666 | #18 |
| 1913 | 16 | 5,422 | 5,438 | #17 |
| 1912 | 22 | 4,685 | 4,707 | #15 |
| 1911 | 13 | 2,376 | 2,389 | #18 |
| 1910 | 14 | 1,942 | 1,956 | #17 |
| 1909 | 6 | 1,665 | 1,671 | #18 |
| 1908 | 11 | 1,601 | 1,612 | #16 |
| 1907 | 13 | 1,553 | 1,566 | #16 |
| 1906 | 8 | 1,486 | 1,494 | #15 |
| 1905 | 14 | 1,505 | 1,519 | #16 |
| 1904 | 9 | 1,495 | 1,504 | #15 |
| 1903 | 5 | 1,435 | 1,440 | #15 |
| 1902 | 6 | 1,487 | 1,493 | #15 |
| 1901 | 7 | 1,329 | 1,336 | #14 |
| 1900 | 17 | 1,853 | 1,870 | #15 |
| 1899 | 11 | 1,357 | 1,368 | #14 |
| 1898 | 7 | 1,619 | 1,626 | #14 |
| 1897 | 6 | 1,647 | 1,653 | #14 |
| 1896 | 10 | 1,821 | 1,831 | #14 |
| 1895 | 8 | 1,666 | 1,674 | #14 |
| 1894 | 6 | 1,712 | 1,718 | #14 |
| 1893 | 10 | 1,635 | 1,645 | #14 |
| 1892 | 9 | 1,768 | 1,777 | #14 |
| 1891 | 7 | 1,514 | 1,521 | #14 |
| 1890 | 8 | 1,610 | 1,618 | #14 |
| 1889 | 9 | 1,668 | 1,677 | #14 |
| 1888 | 8 | 1,710 | 1,718 | #14 |
| 1887 | 9 | 1,489 | 1,498 | #14 |
| 1886 | 8 | 1,656 | 1,664 | #14 |
| 1885 | 10 | 1,516 | 1,526 | #15 |
| 1884 | 7 | 1,690 | 1,697 | #14 |
| 1883 | 5 | 1,591 | 1,596 | #14 |
| 1882 | 5 | 1,686 | 1,691 | #14 |
| 1881 | — | 1,575 | 1,575 | #14 |
| 1880 | 5 | 1,599 | 1,604 | #14 |