Is Arthur a boy or girl name?
Arthur is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 7 girls and 3,318 boys were named Arthur, so 0.2% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.6% of the 548,057 US babies named Arthur were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #105
- Girl rank, 2024
- #12,265
- Babies named Arthur since 1880
- 548,057
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 10,579 babies
Boys and girls named Arthur, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 16,180 | 66 | 0.4% |
| 1890s | 16,349 | 82 | 0.5% |
| 1900s | 15,409 | 96 | 0.6% |
| 1910s | 67,478 | 334 | 0.5% |
| 1920s | 97,112 | 706 | 0.7% |
| 1930s | 67,730 | 544 | 0.8% |
| 1940s | 73,966 | 361 | 0.5% |
| 1950s | 65,720 | 312 | 0.5% |
| 1960s | 39,620 | 288 | 0.7% |
| 1970s | 22,102 | 203 | 0.9% |
| 1980s | 16,795 | 157 | 0.9% |
| 1990s | 11,782 | 39 | 0.3% |
| 2000s | 8,341 | 0 | 0% |
| 2010s | 12,626 | 5 | 0% |
| 2020s | 13,647 | 7 | 0.1% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3,318 | #105 | 7 | #12,265 |
| 2023 | 2,830 | #130 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 2,689 | #140 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 2,475 | #155 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 2,335 | #163 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 2,193 | #177 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1,653 | #229 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1,514 | #245 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1,345 | #273 | 5 | #16,539 |
| 2015 | 1,247 | #292 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1,153 | #306 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1,034 | #321 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 865 | #355 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 893 | #339 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 729 | #388 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 812 | #374 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 862 | #363 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 819 | #375 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 792 | #378 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 830 | #356 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 792 | #355 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 795 | #351 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 844 | #326 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 881 | #319 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 914 | #316 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 874 | #320 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 983 | #289 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 973 | #287 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1,008 | #276 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 1,113 | #254 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 1,160 | #248 | 6 | #11,918 |
| 1993 | 1,241 | #234 | 5 | #13,638 |
| 1992 | 1,412 | #219 | 7 | #10,583 |
| 1991 | 1,477 | #212 | 13 | #6,621 |
| 1990 | 1,541 | #197 | 8 | #9,315 |
| 1989 | 1,533 | #189 | 8 | #8,822 |
| 1988 | 1,553 | #183 | 13 | #5,922 |
| 1987 | 1,557 | #177 | 15 | #5,090 |
| 1986 | 1,571 | #170 | 15 | #4,986 |
| 1985 | 1,717 | #158 | 17 | #4,468 |
| 1984 | 1,700 | #159 | 15 | #4,752 |
| 1983 | 1,747 | #157 | 22 | #3,559 |
| 1982 | 1,794 | #157 | 18 | #4,176 |
| 1981 | 1,802 | #152 | 16 | #4,547 |
| 1980 | 1,821 | #147 | 18 | #4,159 |
| 1979 | 1,863 | #143 | 17 | #4,239 |
| 1978 | 1,873 | #141 | 18 | #3,931 |
| 1977 | 1,969 | #135 | 9 | #6,386 |
| 1976 | 1,904 | #137 | 19 | #3,551 |
| 1975 | 2,022 | #128 | 22 | #3,166 |
| 1974 | 2,074 | #126 | 19 | #3,434 |
| 1973 | 2,205 | #119 | 22 | #3,028 |
| 1972 | 2,395 | #119 | 26 | #2,686 |
| 1971 | 2,816 | #117 | 21 | #3,171 |
| 1970 | 2,981 | #111 | 30 | #2,451 |
| 1969 | 3,137 | #97 | 23 | #2,772 |
| 1968 | 3,041 | #98 | 37 | #1,977 |
| 1967 | 3,311 | #94 | 29 | #2,218 |
| 1966 | 3,483 | #96 | 12 | #3,751 |
| 1965 | 3,777 | #96 | 34 | #1,995 |
| 1964 | 4,150 | #89 | 36 | #1,978 |
| 1963 | 4,271 | #91 | 29 | #2,212 |
| 1962 | 4,443 | #91 | 33 | #2,033 |
| 1961 | 4,813 | #85 | 25 | #2,412 |
| 1960 | 5,194 | #82 | 30 | #2,103 |
| 1959 | 5,474 | #76 | 28 | #2,154 |
| 1958 | 5,665 | #72 | 25 | #2,263 |
| 1957 | 6,053 | #66 | 34 | #1,871 |
| 1956 | 6,288 | #60 | 34 | #1,837 |
| 1955 | 6,571 | #56 | 34 | #1,805 |
| 1954 | 6,858 | #52 | 37 | #1,680 |
| 1953 | 7,000 | #50 | 33 | #1,738 |
| 1952 | 7,236 | #47 | 34 | #1,684 |
| 1951 | 7,414 | #44 | 28 | #1,843 |
| 1950 | 7,161 | #46 | 25 | #1,914 |
| 1949 | 7,481 | #44 | 40 | #1,453 |
| 1948 | 7,577 | #44 | 27 | #1,823 |
| 1947 | 8,255 | #38 | 30 | #1,755 |
| 1946 | 7,537 | #36 | 33 | #1,533 |
| 1945 | 6,801 | #34 | 32 | #1,421 |
| 1944 | 7,254 | #30 | 46 | #1,154 |
| 1943 | 7,785 | #30 | 42 | #1,252 |
| 1942 | 8,028 | #29 | 37 | #1,325 |
| 1941 | 6,738 | #33 | 35 | #1,296 |
| 1940 | 6,510 | #33 | 39 | #1,171 |
| 1939 | 6,380 | #32 | 42 | #1,106 |
| 1938 | 6,524 | #32 | 43 | #1,094 |
| 1937 | 6,321 | #31 | 58 | #904 |
| 1936 | 6,264 | #30 | 54 | #930 |
| 1935 | 6,548 | #29 | 43 | #1,056 |
| 1934 | 6,442 | #29 | 52 | #956 |
| 1933 | 6,526 | #25 | 47 | #1,009 |
| 1932 | 6,916 | #25 | 56 | #942 |
| 1931 | 7,525 | #23 | 69 | #819 |
| 1930 | 8,284 | #23 | 80 | #786 |
| 1929 | 8,470 | #22 | 90 | #735 |
| 1928 | 8,880 | #22 | 94 | #731 |
| 1927 | 9,338 | #22 | 82 | #801 |
| 1926 | 9,465 | #20 | 78 | #829 |
| 1925 | 9,986 | #20 | 78 | #841 |
| 1924 | 10,172 | #20 | 56 | #1,032 |
| 1923 | 9,924 | #19 | 57 | #993 |
| 1922 | 10,114 | #19 | 55 | #1,008 |
| 1921 | 10,527 | #19 | 52 | #1,045 |
| 1920 | 10,236 | #18 | 64 | #908 |
| 1919 | 9,540 | #19 | 57 | #933 |
| 1918 | 10,105 | #17 | 65 | #886 |
| 1917 | 9,282 | #17 | 47 | #1,027 |
| 1916 | 8,921 | #18 | 37 | #1,170 |
| 1915 | 8,564 | #18 | 38 | #1,096 |
| 1914 | 6,641 | #18 | 25 | #1,234 |
| 1913 | 5,422 | #17 | 16 | #1,471 |
| 1912 | 4,685 | #15 | 22 | #1,122 |
| 1911 | 2,376 | #18 | 13 | #1,307 |
| 1910 | 1,942 | #17 | 14 | #1,213 |
| 1909 | 1,665 | #18 | 6 | #1,978 |
| 1908 | 1,601 | #16 | 11 | #1,265 |
| 1907 | 1,553 | #16 | 13 | #1,095 |
| 1906 | 1,486 | #15 | 8 | #1,425 |
| 1905 | 1,505 | #16 | 14 | #1,017 |
| 1904 | 1,495 | #15 | 9 | #1,263 |
| 1903 | 1,435 | #15 | 5 | #1,812 |
| 1902 | 1,487 | #15 | 6 | #1,612 |
| 1901 | 1,329 | #14 | 7 | #1,347 |
| 1900 | 1,853 | #15 | 17 | #922 |
| 1899 | 1,357 | #14 | 11 | #988 |
| 1898 | 1,619 | #14 | 7 | #1,382 |
| 1897 | 1,647 | #14 | 6 | #1,397 |
| 1896 | 1,821 | #14 | 10 | #1,052 |
| 1895 | 1,666 | #14 | 8 | #1,206 |
| 1894 | 1,712 | #14 | 6 | #1,366 |
| 1893 | 1,635 | #14 | 10 | #961 |
| 1892 | 1,768 | #14 | 9 | #1,020 |
| 1891 | 1,514 | #14 | 7 | #1,103 |
| 1890 | 1,610 | #14 | 8 | #1,011 |
| 1889 | 1,668 | #14 | 9 | #909 |
| 1888 | 1,710 | #14 | 8 | #965 |
| 1887 | 1,489 | #14 | 9 | #796 |
| 1886 | 1,656 | #14 | 8 | #836 |
| 1885 | 1,516 | #15 | 10 | #699 |
| 1884 | 1,690 | #14 | 7 | #860 |
| 1883 | 1,591 | #14 | 5 | #933 |
| 1882 | 1,686 | #14 | 5 | #918 |
| 1881 | 1,575 | #14 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 1,599 | #14 | 5 | #843 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Arthur reached #14 in 1880. As a girl name, it reached #699 in 1885. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1920s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Arthur
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.