Arthur is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #155 for boy births in the United States, given to 3,847 babies. Arthur first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1921 (10,579 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,847 | #155 |
| 2024 | 3,341 | #180 |
| 2023 | 2,832 | #221 |
| 2022 | 2,691 | #256 |
| 2021 | 2,477 | #280 |
| 2020 | 2,338 | #293 |
| 2019 | 2,193 | #317 |
| 2018 | 1,653 | #418 |
| 2017 | 1,514 | #460 |
| 2016 | 1,350 | #514 |
| 2015 | 1,247 | #557 |
| 2014 | 1,153 | #595 |
| 2013 | 1,034 | #635 |
| 2012 | 865 | #720 |
| 2011 | 893 | #706 |
| 2010 | 730 | #819 |
| 2009 | 812 | #769 |
| 2008 | 862 | #745 |
| 2007 | 819 | #777 |
| 2006 | 793 | #785 |
| 2005 | 830 | #736 |
| 2004 | 792 | #744 |
| 2003 | 795 | #730 |
| 2002 | 844 | #675 |
| 2001 | 881 | #662 |
| 2000 | 914 | #650 |
| 1999 | 874 | #662 |
| 1998 | 983 | #595 |
| 1997 | 973 | #581 |
| 1996 | 1,008 | #562 |
| 1995 | 1,113 | #509 |
| 1994 | 1,166 | #492 |
| 1993 | 1,246 | #466 |
| 1992 | 1,419 | #420 |
| 1991 | 1,490 | #417 |
| 1990 | 1,550 | #390 |
| 1989 | 1,542 | #376 |
| 1988 | 1,565 | #363 |
| 1987 | 1,572 | #353 |
| 1986 | 1,586 | #340 |
| 1985 | 1,733 | #325 |
| 1984 | 1,715 | #322 |
| 1983 | 1,769 | #320 |
| 1982 | 1,812 | #319 |
| 1981 | 1,818 | #311 |
| 1980 | 1,839 | #301 |
| 1979 | 1,879 | #293 |
| 1978 | 1,892 | #287 |
| 1977 | 1,978 | #279 |
| 1976 | 1,923 | #280 |
| 1975 | 2,044 | #269 |
| 1974 | 2,093 | #262 |
| 1973 | 2,226 | #250 |
| 1972 | 2,420 | #246 |
| 1971 | 2,837 | #244 |
| 1970 | 3,011 | #239 |
| 1969 | 3,161 | #213 |
| 1968 | 3,076 | #208 |
| 1967 | 3,341 | #200 |
| 1966 | 3,494 | #196 |
| 1965 | 3,813 | #195 |
| 1964 | 4,183 | #191 |
| 1963 | 4,304 | #194 |
| 1962 | 4,474 | #193 |
| 1961 | 4,840 | #185 |
| 1960 | 5,224 | #175 |
| 1959 | 5,502 | #164 |
| 1958 | 5,688 | #157 |
| 1957 | 6,086 | #143 |
| 1956 | 6,323 | #136 |
| 1955 | 6,604 | #126 |
| 1954 | 6,893 | #116 |
| 1953 | 7,034 | #110 |
| 1952 | 7,270 | #101 |
| 1951 | 7,442 | #95 |
| 1950 | 7,186 | #95 |
| 1949 | 7,522 | #92 |
| 1948 | 7,603 | #92 |
| 1947 | 8,285 | #84 |
| 1946 | 7,570 | #79 |
| 1945 | 6,834 | #73 |
| 1944 | 7,301 | #67 |
| 1943 | 7,827 | #68 |
| 1942 | 8,064 | #66 |
| 1941 | 6,774 | #72 |
| 1940 | 6,549 | #70 |
| 1939 | 6,422 | #66 |
| 1938 | 6,568 | #64 |
| 1937 | 6,379 | #63 |
| 1936 | 6,318 | #61 |
| 1935 | 6,590 | #61 |
| 1934 | 6,495 | #62 |
| 1933 | 6,572 | #60 |
| 1932 | 6,972 | #56 |
| 1931 | 7,595 | #50 |
| 1930 | 8,364 | #50 |
| 1929 | 8,560 | #46 |
| 1928 | 8,974 | #44 |
| 1927 | 9,420 | #43 |
| 1926 | 9,543 | #40 |
| 1925 | 10,064 | #38 |
| 1924 | 10,228 | #37 |
| 1923 | 9,981 | #37 |
| 1922 | 10,169 | #37 |
| 1921 | 10,579 | #37 |
| 1920 | 10,300 | #35 |
| 1919 | 9,597 | #36 |
| 1918 | 10,170 | #32 |
| 1917 | 9,329 | #33 |
| 1916 | 8,958 | #35 |
| 1915 | 8,602 | #34 |
| 1914 | 6,666 | #36 |
| 1913 | 5,438 | #37 |
| 1912 | 4,707 | #36 |
| 1911 | 2,389 | #55 |
| 1910 | 1,956 | #69 |
| 1909 | 1,671 | #71 |
| 1908 | 1,612 | #68 |
| 1907 | 1,566 | #69 |
| 1906 | 1,494 | #67 |
| 1905 | 1,519 | #67 |
| 1904 | 1,504 | #63 |
| 1903 | 1,440 | #65 |
| 1902 | 1,493 | #62 |
| 1901 | 1,336 | #63 |
| 1900 | 1,870 | #57 |
| 1899 | 1,368 | #59 |
| 1898 | 1,626 | #58 |
| 1897 | 1,653 | #52 |
| 1896 | 1,831 | #46 |
| 1895 | 1,674 | #50 |
| 1894 | 1,718 | #47 |
| 1893 | 1,645 | #46 |
| 1892 | 1,777 | #42 |
| 1891 | 1,521 | #42 |
| 1890 | 1,618 | #41 |
| 1889 | 1,677 | #35 |
| 1888 | 1,718 | #35 |
| 1887 | 1,498 | #32 |
| 1886 | 1,664 | #29 |
| 1885 | 1,526 | #29 |
| 1884 | 1,697 | #25 |
| 1883 | 1,596 | #23 |
| 1882 | 1,691 | #20 |
| 1881 | 1,575 | #20 |
| 1880 | 1,604 | #19 |