Arthur

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Arthur 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.

From Wikipedia

Arthur first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 60 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1963 with 286 babies (rank #81 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Arthur

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.

5Destiny numberThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
4Soul urgeThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
1PersonalityThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

6,732

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

286

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Also a character in

In Peaky Blinders: Arthur Shelby — the eldest brother
In The Brontë Novels: Arthur Huntingdon — Helen Graham's dissolute husband
In Agatha Christie: Captain Arthur Hastings — Poirot's Watson

Famous people named Arthur

Arthur Schopenhauermusicologist · b. 1788
Arthur Rimbaudarms trader · b. 1854
Arthur C. Clarkescience fiction writer · b. 1917
Arthur Millerprose writer · b. 1915
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellingtongeneral field marshal · b. 1769

More popular boys' names

Other boys' names starting with A

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1955	103	#142
1956	119	#132
1957	116	#137
1958	102	#158
1959	147	#123
1960	146	#117
1961	166	#114
1962	171	#113
1963	286	#81
1964	284	#84
1965	237	#91
1966	266	#86
1967	244	#91
1968	238	#97
1969	285	#95
1970	266	#95
1971	159	#132
1972	119	#157
1973	110	#158
1974	106	#163
1975	134	#134
1976	145	#128
1977	125	#138
1978	98	#174
1979	116	#147
1980	111	#158
1981	89	#185
1982	94	#176
1983	83	#183
1984	68	#219
1985	72	#211
1986	72	#217
1987	75	#218
1988	72	#223
1989	56	#277
1990	62	#274
1991	71	#247
1992	80	#222
1993	98	#195
1994	73	#246
1995	78	#227
1996	67	#263
1997	67	#262
1998	72	#253
1999	73	#257
2000	68	#265
2001	66	#270
2002	62	#286
2003	65	#273
2004	65	#261
2005	61	#273
2006	45	#317
2007	67	#236
2008	48	#293
2009	54	#265
2010	49	#275
2011	64	#229
2012	70	#197
2013	54	#241
2014	73	#187