Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

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
18801900192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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