NameTides

Arthur

Arthur was the #87 boys' name in the US in 2025 (3,847 babies), and #5 in England & Wales and #14 in Canada.

Arthur as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Arthur as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandEngland & WalesScotlandCanadaIrelandUS
Arthur as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#87 (3,847)#5 (3,211)#19 (158)#9 (101)#57 (95)#14 (989)#19 (227)#22 (203)
2024#105 (3,334)#4 (3,368)#24 (145)#16 (83)#47 (119)#18 (883)#18 (243)#22 (208)
2023#130 (2,832)#6 (3,387)#26 (147)#14 (91)#70 (91)#21 (814)#32 (195)#32 (154)
2022#140 (2,691)#6 (3,603)#30 (140)#18 (80)#68 (101)#22 (813)#31 (208)#38 (147)
2021#154 (2,477)#4 (3,766)#42 (121)#18 (84)#67 (105)#24 (867)#27 (241)#54 (123)
2020#163 (2,338)#3 (4,052)#31 (133)#21 (78)#64 (103)#26 (819)#44 (181)#46 (141)
2019#177 (2,193)#4 (4,211)#26 (170)#19 (91)#80 (84)#28 (779)#51 (166)#53 (141)
2018#229 (1,653)#7 (3,644)#46 (123)#21 (90)#73 (92)#49 (599)#73 (125)#64 (97)
2017#245 (1,514)#19 (2,795)#89 (67)#42 (66)#91 (80)#59 (543)#88 (101)#89 (73)
2016#273 (1,345)#30 (2,270)#87 (76)#57 (56)#106 (64)#74 (473)——
2015#292 (1,247)#37 (1,966)#151 (38)#89 (35)#123 (55)#84 (434)——
2014#306 (1,153)#41 (1,649)#133 (46)#145 (19)#136 (47)#100 (404)——
2013#321 (1,034)#43 (1,559)#142 (40)#132 (20)#135 (47)#126 (322)——
2012#355 (865)#52 (1,310)#160 (36)#161 (16)#163 (41)#134 (296)——
2011#339 (893)#68 (961)#189 (27)#231 (8)#170 (40)#148 (249)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1881 at #14.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 440 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 440common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 85very common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 120very common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 82very common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 250common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 160very common

Next year

On its recent trend, Arthur is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 410 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 380 to 1 in 440.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Arthur by state, 2025Alaska: #41AKMaine: #35MEWisconsin: #41WIVermont: #21VTNew Hampshire: #52NHWashington: #34WAIdaho: #60IDMontana: #38MTNorth Dakota: #86NDMinnesota: #46MNIllinois: #79ILMichigan: #67MINew York: #84NYMassachusetts: #47MAOregon: #50ORNevada: #171NVWyoming: #89WYSouth Dakota: #85SDIowa: #71IAIndiana: #83INOhio: #83OHPennsylvania: #98PANew Jersey: #117NJConnecticut: #82CTRhode Island: #112RICalifornia: #109CAUtah: #60UTColorado: #85CONebraska: #82NEMissouri: #68MOKentucky: #110KYWest Virginia: #85WVVirginia: #63VAMaryland: #93MDDelaware: #93DEArizona: #135AZNew Mexico: #99NMKansas: #67KSArkansas: #92ARTennessee: #88TNNorth Carolina: #102NCSouth Carolina: #95SCDistrict of Columbia: #25DCOklahoma: #66OKLouisiana: #162LAMississippi: #189MSAlabama: #145ALGeorgia: #124GAHawaii: #126HITexas: #139TXFlorida: #114FL
Arthur (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#4482
Ontario2024#50206

Arthur (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ArthurCanadaGirls—too few
ArthurCanadaBoys#14989
ArthurEngland & WalesBoys#53,211
ArthurIrelandBoys#5795
ArthurNorthern IrelandBoys#9101
ArthurNSWBoys#19227
ArthurScotlandBoys#19158
ArthurUSGirls—too few
ArthurUSBoys#873,847
ArthurVICBoys#22203