Arth
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- UHRTH
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,538 for boys
Arth is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “meaning, purpose, wealth”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Arth mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit artha
“meaning, purpose, wealth”
Artha, prosperity and purpose, is one of the four aims of human life in Hindu thought.
Is Arth a girl's or a boy's name?
Arth is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arth in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,511th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 400% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Arth, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys.
2025 had the most boys named Arth of any year since it first appeared, in 2013.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Arth in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
How popular is Arth in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,538th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22 about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Arth, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. It first appears in the records in 1998.
2025 had the most boys named Arth of any year since it first appeared, in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Arth in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arth in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
Names like Arth
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav, Shivansh, Ansh, Avyaan, Aviraj, Veer, Vansh, Vihaan, Krish, Ayansh, Dhruv, Daksh
Names related to Arth
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Aadhya, Ishaan, Siya, Leena, Veda, India
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Arth: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arth, updated 20 October 2026.