NameTrends.U.S. Baby Name Data

Arthur Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Arthur: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 548,729 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
548,729
Peak year
1921 #19
Years on the list
146
10-year trend
+67.9%

In the 1920s · Most used in NY in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

YearBirthsRank
2011893#339
2012865#355
20131,034#321
20141,153#306
20151,247#292
20161,345#273
20171,514#245
20181,653#229
20192,193#177
20202,338#163
20212,477#155
20222,691#140
20232,832#130
20243,334#105
20253,847#87

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1921

NY
1,363
PA
678
IL
654
MA
652
MI
505
OH
501

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