Arthur Boy
How popular is Arthur?
#87 boy name in 2025
3,847 baby boys were named Arthur in the US in 2025, making it the 87th most popular boy name.
Arthur popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #87 for boys (▲ 18 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 3,847 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+209% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #292 in 2015, #163 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1921 (10,527 boys) |
| Highest rank | #14 in 1880 (20 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Arthur counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Arthur family of names ranked #97 for boys in 2025 (#114 the year before), with 3,858 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Arthur | 3,847 | 100% |
| Arthor | 6 | 0% |
| Arther | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Arthur is most popular
Babies named Arthur per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 6.4 per 1,000 (95 boys)
- Vermont: 5.9 per 1,000 (37 boys)
- Alaska: 5.1 per 1,000 (61 boys)
- Montana: 4.5 per 1,000 (79 boys)
- New Hampshire: 4.2 per 1,000 (94 boys)
Arthur by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 16,180 | #14 |
| 1890s | 16,349 | #14 |
| 1900s | 15,409 | #14 |
| 1910s | 67,478 | #15 |
| 1920s | 97,112 | #18 |
| 1930s | 67,730 | #23 |
| 1940s | 73,968 | #29 |
| 1950s | 65,716 | #44 |
| 1960s | 39,622 | #82 |
| 1970s | 22,100 | #111 |
| 1980s | 16,794 | #147 |
| 1990s | 11,783 | #197 |
| 2000s | 8,342 | #316 |
| 2010s | 12,627 | #177 |
| 2020s | 17,519 | #87 |
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Questions
- Is Arthur a boy or girl name?
- Arthur is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Arthur were boys.
- How popular is the name Arthur?
- 3,847 baby boys were named Arthur in the US in 2025, making it the 87th most popular boy name.
- When was Arthur most popular?
- Arthur peaked in 1921, when 10,527 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #14, held for 20 years starting in 1880.
- How many people are named Arthur?
- 551,930 babies have been named Arthur in the US since 1880. We estimate about 212,390 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 63.
- Where is Arthur most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Arthur was most common in District of Columbia, at 6.4 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.