Meaning not yet researched.
Arthur: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 3,847 in 2025. Its best rank was #14 in 1901.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #14 in 1901; #87 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Arthur in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#87 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1901, at #14.
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Arthur: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 3,847 boys in 2025. Peak: #14 in 1901 · most boys in one year: 10,527 (1921).
In 2025, 3,847 US boys were named Arthur, making it the 87th most common boys’ name of the year, up 18 places from #105 in 2024. That is 513 more than the 3,334 boys named Arthur in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #14, reached in 1901. The most boys given the name in a single year was 10,527, in 1921. For comparison, it was #292 in 2015 and #46 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Arthur in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 1,604 babies with the name. In all, 551,930 US babies have been given the name, 0.6% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 97,818 babies named Arthur.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 24,224 US boys were named Arthur; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 3,847. In 2025 that was about 1 in 444 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Arthur ranked highest in Vermont in 2025, at #21 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 37 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Arturo (57,291 babies since 1880) and Arther (5,040 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Artur, Arthor and Aurthur are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Art.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Artur (858), Arthor (613), Aurthur (413), Aurther (284), Arcturus (31), Arthar (21), Aurthor (17), Arto (15), Arter (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 14 | #21 | — |
| District of Columbia | 22 | #26 | #188 |
| Washington | 154 | #34 | #192 |
| Maine | 28 | #35 | #150 |
| Montana | 24 | #38 | — |
| Wisconsin | 109 | #41 | #236 |
| Alaska | 15 | #41 | #200 |
| Minnesota | 102 | #46 | #194 |
| Massachusetts | 122 | #47 | #186 |
| Oregon | 63 | #50 | #221 |
| New Hampshire | 25 | #52 | #225 |
| Utah | 75 | #60 | #247 |
| Idaho | 32 | #60 | #387 |
| Virginia | 129 | #64 | #246 |
| Oklahoma | 58 | #66 | #288 |
| Michigan | 131 | #67 | #265 |
| Kansas | 49 | #67 | #256 |
| Missouri | 89 | #68 | #306 |
| Iowa | 45 | #71 | #274 |
| Illinois | 144 | #79 | #296 |
| Connecticut | 43 | #82 | #207 |
| Indiana | 90 | #83 | #277 |
| Nebraska | 30 | #83 | #246 |
| New York | 214 | #84 | #263 |
| Ohio | 139 | #85 | #361 |
| South Dakota | 14 | #85 | — |
| West Virginia | 21 | #85 | — |
| Colorado | 78 | #85 | #287 |
| North Dakota | 13 | #87 | — |
| Tennessee | 95 | #88 | #269 |
| Wyoming | 5 | #92 | — |
| Delaware | 11 | #93 | — |
| Arkansas | 35 | #93 | #280 |
| Maryland | 60 | #93 | #276 |
| South Carolina | 53 | #95 | #296 |
| Pennsylvania | 124 | #99 | #299 |
| New Mexico | 19 | #99 | #401 |
| North Carolina | 120 | #102 | #293 |
| California | 367 | #109 | #241 |
| Kentucky | 50 | #110 | #320 |
| Rhode Island | 10 | #112 | — |
| Florida | 191 | #114 | #322 |
| New Jersey | 82 | #117 | #235 |
| Georgia | 94 | #124 | #400 |
| Hawaii | 8 | #126 | #236 |
| Arizona | 65 | #135 | #459 |
| Texas | 283 | #139 | #398 |
| Alabama | 39 | #145 | #410 |
| Louisiana | 31 | #162 | #294 |
| Nevada | 17 | #172 | — |
| Mississippi | 16 | #189 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 3,847 | #87 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,303 | 3,334 | #105 |
| 2023 | — | — | 2,832 | #130 |
| 2022 | — | — | 2,691 | #140 |
| 2021 | — | — | 2,477 | #155 |
| 2020 | — | — | 2,338 | #163 |
| 2019 | — | — | 2,193 | #177 |
| 2018 | — | — | 1,653 | #229 |
| 2017 | — | — | 1,514 | #245 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,543 | 1,345 | #273 |
| 2015 | — | — | 1,247 | #292 |
| 2014 | — | — | 1,153 | #306 |
| 2013 | — | — | 1,034 | #321 |
| 2012 | — | — | 865 | #355 |
| 2011 | — | — | 893 | #339 |
| 2010 | — | — | 730 | #388 |
| 2009 | — | — | 812 | #374 |
| 2008 | — | — | 862 | #363 |
| 2007 | — | — | 819 | #375 |
| 2006 | — | — | 793 | #377 |
| 2005 | — | — | 830 | #356 |
| 2004 | — | — | 792 | #355 |
| 2003 | — | — | 795 | #351 |
| 2002 | — | — | 844 | #326 |
| 2001 | — | — | 881 | #319 |
| 2000 | — | — | 914 | #316 |
| 1999 | — | — | 874 | #320 |
| 1998 | — | — | 983 | #290 |
| 1997 | — | — | 973 | #287 |
| 1996 | — | — | 1,008 | #276 |
| 1995 | — | — | 1,113 | #254 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,918 | 1,160 | #248 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,639 | 1,241 | #234 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,584 | 1,412 | #219 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,621 | 1,477 | #212 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,315 | 1,542 | #197 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,822 | 1,534 | #189 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,922 | 1,552 | #183 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,090 | 1,557 | #177 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,986 | 1,571 | #170 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,469 | 1,716 | #158 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,752 | 1,700 | #159 |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,560 | 1,747 | #157 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,177 | 1,794 | #157 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,548 | 1,802 | #152 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,158 | 1,821 | #147 |
| 1979 | 17 | #4,241 | 1,862 | #144 |
| 1978 | 18 | #3,930 | 1,874 | #141 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,386 | 1,969 | #135 |
| 1976 | 19 | #3,552 | 1,904 | #137 |
| 1975 | 22 | #3,166 | 2,022 | #128 |
| 1974 | 19 | #3,434 | 2,074 | #126 |
| 1973 | 22 | #3,027 | 2,204 | #119 |
| 1972 | 26 | #2,687 | 2,394 | #119 |
| 1971 | 21 | #3,171 | 2,816 | #117 |
| 1970 | 30 | #2,451 | 2,981 | #111 |
| 1969 | 23 | #2,772 | 3,138 | #97 |
| 1968 | 37 | #1,977 | 3,039 | #98 |
| 1967 | 29 | #2,218 | 3,312 | #94 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,751 | 3,482 | #96 |
| 1965 | 34 | #1,995 | 3,779 | #96 |
| 1964 | 36 | #1,977 | 4,147 | #91 |
| 1963 | 29 | #2,212 | 4,275 | #91 |
| 1962 | 33 | #2,033 | 4,441 | #91 |
| 1961 | 25 | #2,413 | 4,815 | #85 |
| 1960 | 30 | #2,103 | 5,194 | #82 |
| 1959 | 28 | #2,154 | 5,474 | #76 |
| 1958 | 25 | #2,265 | 5,663 | #72 |
| 1957 | 34 | #1,871 | 6,052 | #66 |
| 1956 | 34 | #1,837 | 6,289 | #60 |
| 1955 | 34 | #1,805 | 6,570 | #56 |
| 1954 | 37 | #1,680 | 6,856 | #52 |
| 1953 | 33 | #1,738 | 7,001 | #50 |
| 1952 | 34 | #1,684 | 7,236 | #47 |
| 1951 | 28 | #1,843 | 7,414 | #44 |
| 1950 | 25 | #1,914 | 7,161 | #46 |
| 1949 | 40 | #1,453 | 7,482 | #44 |
| 1948 | 27 | #1,823 | 7,576 | #44 |
| 1947 | 30 | #1,755 | 8,255 | #38 |
| 1946 | 33 | #1,533 | 7,537 | #36 |
| 1945 | 32 | #1,421 | 6,802 | #34 |
| 1944 | 46 | #1,154 | 7,255 | #29 |
| 1943 | 42 | #1,252 | 7,785 | #30 |
| 1942 | 37 | #1,325 | 8,027 | #29 |
| 1941 | 35 | #1,296 | 6,739 | #33 |
| 1940 | 39 | #1,171 | 6,510 | #33 |
| 1939 | 42 | #1,106 | 6,380 | #32 |
| 1938 | 43 | #1,094 | 6,525 | #32 |
| 1937 | 58 | #904 | 6,321 | #31 |
| 1936 | 54 | #930 | 6,264 | #30 |
| 1935 | 43 | #1,056 | 6,547 | #29 |
| 1934 | 52 | #956 | 6,443 | #29 |
| 1933 | 47 | #1,009 | 6,525 | #25 |
| 1932 | 56 | #942 | 6,916 | #25 |
| 1931 | 70 | #812 | 7,525 | #23 |
| 1930 | 80 | #786 | 8,284 | #23 |
| 1929 | 90 | #735 | 8,470 | #22 |
| 1928 | 94 | #731 | 8,880 | #22 |
| 1927 | 82 | #801 | 9,338 | #22 |
| 1926 | 78 | #829 | 9,465 | #20 |
| 1925 | 78 | #841 | 9,986 | #20 |
| 1924 | 56 | #1,032 | 10,172 | #20 |
| 1923 | 57 | #993 | 9,924 | #19 |
| 1922 | 55 | #1,008 | 10,114 | #19 |
| 1921 | 52 | #1,045 | 10,527 | #19 |
| 1920 | 64 | #908 | 10,236 | #18 |
| 1919 | 57 | #933 | 9,540 | #19 |
| 1918 | 65 | #886 | 10,105 | #17 |
| 1917 | 47 | #1,027 | 9,282 | #17 |
| 1916 | 37 | #1,170 | 8,921 | #18 |
| 1915 | 38 | #1,096 | 8,564 | #18 |
| 1914 | 25 | #1,234 | 6,641 | #18 |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,471 | 5,422 | #17 |
| 1912 | 22 | #1,122 | 4,685 | #15 |
| 1911 | 13 | #1,307 | 2,376 | #18 |
| 1910 | 14 | #1,213 | 1,942 | #17 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,978 | 1,665 | #18 |
| 1908 | 11 | #1,265 | 1,601 | #16 |
| 1907 | 13 | #1,095 | 1,553 | #16 |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,425 | 1,486 | #15 |
| 1905 | 14 | #1,017 | 1,505 | #16 |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,263 | 1,495 | #15 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,812 | 1,435 | #15 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,612 | 1,487 | #15 |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,347 | 1,329 | #14 |
| 1900 | 17 | #922 | 1,853 | #15 |
| 1899 | 11 | #988 | 1,357 | #14 |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,382 | 1,619 | #14 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,397 | 1,647 | #14 |
| 1896 | 10 | #1,052 | 1,821 | #14 |
| 1895 | 8 | #1,206 | 1,666 | #14 |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,366 | 1,712 | #14 |
| 1893 | 10 | #961 | 1,635 | #14 |
| 1892 | 9 | #1,020 | 1,768 | #14 |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,103 | 1,514 | #14 |
| 1890 | 8 | #1,011 | 1,610 | #14 |
| 1889 | 9 | #909 | 1,668 | #14 |
| 1888 | 8 | #965 | 1,710 | #14 |
| 1887 | 9 | #796 | 1,489 | #14 |
| 1886 | 8 | #836 | 1,656 | #14 |
| 1885 | 10 | #699 | 1,516 | #15 |
| 1884 | 7 | #860 | 1,690 | #14 |
| 1883 | 5 | #933 | 1,591 | #14 |
| 1882 | 5 | #918 | 1,686 | #14 |
| 1881 | — | — | 1,575 | #14 |
| 1880 | 5 | #843 | 1,599 | #14 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).