Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys
Origin: WelshArthur is a masculine given name of uncertain etymology. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. A common spelling variant used in many Slavic, Romance, and Germanic languages is Artur.
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In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Arthur yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
1880 is when Arthur's rank hit its all-time best, #14 — the same opening year that produced positional peaks for Samuel, John, Thomas, William, Charles, August, and Alice, all covered in earlier batches. The raw count arrived on its own schedule, 41 years afterward: 10,527 births in 1921.
548,057 total births carry this name across that span, and lately it's been climbing fast — 188% growth over the past decade, a rare growth spurt for a name this historically large.
Philosopher Bertrand Russell and science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke anchor it in 20th-century thought; King Charles III has it tucked into his own name as a middle name, linking the British monarchy to this same word.
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 1,599 | #14 |
| 1881 | 1,575 | #14 |
| 1882 | 1,686 | #14 |
| 1883 | 1,591 | #14 |
| 1884 | 1,690 | #14 |
| 1885 | 1,516 | #15 |
| 1886 | 1,656 | #14 |
| 1887 | 1,489 | #14 |
| 1888 | 1,710 | #14 |
| 1889 | 1,668 | #14 |
| 1890 | 1,610 | #14 |
| 1891 | 1,514 | #14 |
| 1892 | 1,768 | #14 |
| 1893 | 1,635 | #14 |
| 1894 | 1,712 | #14 |
| 1895 | 1,666 | #14 |
| 1896 | 1,821 | #14 |
| 1897 | 1,647 | #14 |
| 1898 | 1,619 | #14 |
| 1899 | 1,357 | #14 |
| 1900 | 1,853 | #15 |
| 1901 | 1,329 | #14 |
| 1902 | 1,487 | #15 |
| 1903 | 1,435 | #15 |
| 1904 | 1,495 | #15 |
| 1905 | 1,505 | #16 |
| 1906 | 1,486 | #15 |
| 1907 | 1,553 | #16 |
| 1908 | 1,601 | #16 |
| 1909 | 1,665 | #18 |
| 1910 | 1,942 | #17 |
| 1911 | 2,376 | #18 |
| 1912 | 4,685 | #15 |
| 1913 | 5,422 | #17 |
| 1914 | 6,641 | #18 |
| 1915 | 8,564 | #18 |
| 1916 | 8,921 | #18 |
| 1917 | 9,282 | #17 |
| 1918 | 10,105 | #17 |
| 1919 | 9,540 | #19 |
| 1920 | 10,236 | #18 |
| 1921 | 10,527 | #19 |
| 1922 | 10,114 | #19 |
| 1923 | 9,924 | #19 |
| 1924 | 10,172 | #20 |
| 1925 | 9,986 | #20 |
| 1926 | 9,465 | #20 |
| 1927 | 9,338 | #22 |
| 1928 | 8,880 | #22 |
| 1929 | 8,470 | #22 |
| 1930 | 8,284 | #23 |
| 1931 | 7,525 | #23 |
| 1932 | 6,916 | #25 |
| 1933 | 6,526 | #25 |
| 1934 | 6,442 | #29 |
| 1935 | 6,548 | #29 |
| 1936 | 6,264 | #30 |
| 1937 | 6,321 | #31 |
| 1938 | 6,524 | #32 |
| 1939 | 6,380 | #32 |
| 1940 | 6,510 | #33 |
| 1941 | 6,738 | #33 |
| 1942 | 8,028 | #29 |
| 1943 | 7,785 | #30 |
| 1944 | 7,254 | #30 |
| 1945 | 6,801 | #34 |
| 1946 | 7,537 | #36 |
| 1947 | 8,255 | #38 |
| 1948 | 7,577 | #44 |
| 1949 | 7,481 | #44 |
| 1950 | 7,161 | #46 |
| 1951 | 7,414 | #44 |
| 1952 | 7,236 | #47 |
| 1953 | 7,000 | #50 |
| 1954 | 6,858 | #52 |
| 1955 | 6,571 | #56 |
| 1956 | 6,288 | #60 |
| 1957 | 6,053 | #66 |
| 1958 | 5,665 | #72 |
| 1959 | 5,474 | #76 |
| 1960 | 5,194 | #82 |
| 1961 | 4,813 | #85 |
| 1962 | 4,443 | #91 |
| 1963 | 4,271 | #91 |
| 1964 | 4,150 | #89 |
| 1965 | 3,777 | #96 |
| 1966 | 3,483 | #96 |
| 1967 | 3,311 | #94 |
| 1968 | 3,041 | #98 |
| 1969 | 3,137 | #97 |
| 1970 | 2,981 | #111 |
| 1971 | 2,816 | #117 |
| 1972 | 2,395 | #119 |
| 1973 | 2,205 | #119 |
| 1974 | 2,074 | #126 |
| 1975 | 2,022 | #128 |
| 1976 | 1,904 | #137 |
| 1977 | 1,969 | #135 |
| 1978 | 1,873 | #141 |
| 1979 | 1,863 | #143 |
| 1980 | 1,821 | #147 |
| 1981 | 1,802 | #152 |
| 1982 | 1,794 | #157 |
| 1983 | 1,747 | #157 |
| 1984 | 1,700 | #159 |
| 1985 | 1,717 | #158 |
| 1986 | 1,571 | #170 |
| 1987 | 1,557 | #177 |
| 1988 | 1,553 | #183 |
| 1989 | 1,533 | #189 |
| 1990 | 1,541 | #197 |
| 1991 | 1,477 | #212 |
| 1992 | 1,412 | #219 |
| 1993 | 1,241 | #234 |
| 1994 | 1,160 | #248 |
| 1995 | 1,113 | #254 |
| 1996 | 1,008 | #276 |
| 1997 | 973 | #287 |
| 1998 | 983 | #289 |
| 1999 | 874 | #320 |
| 2000 | 914 | #316 |
| 2001 | 881 | #319 |
| 2002 | 844 | #326 |
| 2003 | 795 | #351 |
| 2004 | 792 | #355 |
| 2005 | 830 | #356 |
| 2006 | 792 | #378 |
| 2007 | 819 | #375 |
| 2008 | 862 | #363 |
| 2009 | 812 | #374 |
| 2010 | 729 | #388 |
| 2011 | 893 | #339 |
| 2012 | 865 | #355 |
| 2013 | 1,034 | #321 |
| 2014 | 1,153 | #306 |
| 2015 | 1,247 | #292 |
| 2016 | 1,345 | #273 |
| 2017 | 1,514 | #245 |
| 2018 | 1,653 | #229 |
| 2019 | 2,193 | #177 |
| 2020 | 2,335 | #163 |
| 2021 | 2,475 | #155 |
| 2022 | 2,689 | #140 |
| 2023 | 2,830 | #130 |
| 2024 | 3,318 | #105 |
