Arthur
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Arthur is a boys' name of Celtic origin. In 2025 it ranked 6th for boys in the UK (3,470 babies) and 87th for boys in the US (3,847 babies).
What does Arthur mean?
Celtic: Brittonic, perhaps via the Roman family name Artorius
Borne by the legendary King Arthur of Camelot, whose tales spread across medieval Europe.
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Is Arthur a girl's or a boy's name?
Arthur is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3,470 boys in the UK and 3,847 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arthur in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #6among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3,470about 1 in 86 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 15%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3,470 boys in the UK were named Arthur, making it the 6th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 4,472 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Arthur than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Arthur in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 5th in England and Wales, 19th in Scotland and 9th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#5), 1914 (#6), 1924 (#9), 1934 (#25), 1944 (#47), 1954 (#72), 2014 (#41) and 2024 (#4).
Arthur in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,470 | #6 |
| 2024 | 3,596 | #5 |
| 2023 | 3,625 | #7 |
| 2022 | 3,823 | #6 |
| 2021 | 3,971 | #4 |
| 2020 | 4,263 | #4 |
| 2019 | 4,472 | #4 |
| 2018 | 3,857 | #7 |
| 2017 | 2,928 | #20 |
| 2016 | 2,402 | #32 |
| 2015 | 2,039 | #38 |
| 2014 | 1,714 | #41 |
| 2013 | 1,619 | #46 |
| 2012 | 1,362 | #56 |
| 2011 | 996 | #74 |
| 2010 | 809 | #91 |
| 2009 | 732 | #100 |
| 2008 | 623 | #109 |
| 2007 | 418 | #145 |
| 2006 | 463 | #133 |
| 2005 | 383 | #147 |
| 2004 | 311 | #161 |
| 2003 | 240 | #180 |
| 2002 | 195 | #199 |
| 2001 | 198 | #189 |
| 2000 | 164 | #218 |
| 1999 | 196 | #192 |
| 1998 | 165 | #222 |
| 1997 | 147 | #238 |
| 1996 | 139 | #245 |
How popular is Arthur in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #87among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3,847about 1 in 440 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 3.1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3,847 boys in the US were named Arthur, making it the 87th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 163rd. Its busiest year was 1921, with 10,527 boys.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 13 years. 2025 had more boys named Arthur than any year since 1964.
Half of all the boys named Arthur in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1958, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arthur in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,847 | #87 |
| 2024 | 3,334 | #105 |
| 2023 | 2,832 | #130 |
| 2022 | 2,691 | #140 |
| 2021 | 2,477 | #154 |
| 2020 | 2,338 | #163 |
| 2019 | 2,193 | #177 |
| 2018 | 1,653 | #229 |
| 2017 | 1,514 | #245 |
| 2016 | 1,345 | #273 |
| 2015 | 1,247 | #292 |
| 2014 | 1,153 | #306 |
| 2013 | 1,034 | #321 |
| 2012 | 865 | #355 |
| 2011 | 893 | #339 |
| 2010 | 730 | #388 |
| 2009 | 812 | #374 |
| 2008 | 862 | #363 |
| 2007 | 819 | #375 |
| 2006 | 793 | #377 |
| 2005 | 830 | #356 |
| 2004 | 792 | #355 |
| 2003 | 795 | #351 |
| 2002 | 844 | #326 |
| 2001 | 881 | #319 |
| 2000 | 914 | #316 |
| 1999 | 874 | #320 |
| 1998 | 983 | #290 |
| 1997 | 973 | #287 |
| 1996 | 1,008 | #276 |
| 1995 | 1,113 | #254 |
| 1994 | 1,160 | #248 |
| 1993 | 1,241 | #234 |
| 1992 | 1,412 | #219 |
| 1991 | 1,477 | #212 |
| 1990 | 1,542 | #197 |
| 1989 | 1,534 | #189 |
| 1988 | 1,552 | #183 |
| 1987 | 1,557 | #177 |
| 1986 | 1,571 | #170 |
| 1985 | 1,716 | #158 |
| 1984 | 1,700 | #159 |
| 1983 | 1,747 | #157 |
| 1982 | 1,794 | #157 |
| 1981 | 1,802 | #152 |
| 1980 | 1,821 | #147 |
| 1979 | 1,862 | #144 |
| 1978 | 1,874 | #141 |
| 1977 | 1,969 | #135 |
| 1976 | 1,904 | #137 |
| 1975 | 2,022 | #128 |
| 1974 | 2,074 | #126 |
| 1973 | 2,204 | #119 |
| 1972 | 2,394 | #119 |
| 1971 | 2,816 | #117 |
| 1970 | 2,981 | #111 |
| 1969 | 3,138 | #97 |
| 1968 | 3,039 | #98 |
| 1967 | 3,312 | #94 |
| 1966 | 3,482 | #96 |
| 1965 | 3,779 | #96 |
| 1964 | 4,147 | #91 |
| 1963 | 4,275 | #91 |
| 1962 | 4,441 | #91 |
| 1961 | 4,815 | #85 |
| 1960 | 5,194 | #82 |
| 1959 | 5,474 | #76 |
| 1958 | 5,663 | #72 |
| 1957 | 6,052 | #66 |
| 1956 | 6,289 | #60 |
| 1955 | 6,570 | #56 |
| 1954 | 6,856 | #52 |
| 1953 | 7,001 | #50 |
| 1952 | 7,236 | #47 |
| 1951 | 7,414 | #44 |
| 1950 | 7,161 | #46 |
| 1949 | 7,482 | #44 |
| 1948 | 7,576 | #44 |
| 1947 | 8,255 | #38 |
| 1946 | 7,537 | #36 |
| 1945 | 6,802 | #34 |
| 1944 | 7,255 | #29 |
| 1943 | 7,785 | #30 |
| 1942 | 8,027 | #29 |
| 1941 | 6,739 | #33 |
| 1940 | 6,510 | #33 |
| 1939 | 6,380 | #32 |
| 1938 | 6,525 | #32 |
| 1937 | 6,321 | #31 |
| 1936 | 6,264 | #30 |
| 1935 | 6,547 | #29 |
| 1934 | 6,443 | #29 |
| 1933 | 6,525 | #25 |
| 1932 | 6,916 | #25 |
| 1931 | 7,525 | #23 |
| 1930 | 8,284 | #23 |
| 1929 | 8,470 | #22 |
| 1928 | 8,880 | #22 |
| 1927 | 9,338 | #22 |
| 1926 | 9,465 | #20 |
| 1925 | 9,986 | #20 |
| 1924 | 10,172 | #20 |
| 1923 | 9,924 | #19 |
| 1922 | 10,114 | #19 |
| 1921 | 10,527 | #19 |
| 1920 | 10,236 | #18 |
| 1919 | 9,540 | #19 |
| 1918 | 10,105 | #17 |
| 1917 | 9,282 | #17 |
| 1916 | 8,921 | #18 |
| 1915 | 8,564 | #18 |
| 1914 | 6,641 | #18 |
| 1913 | 5,422 | #17 |
| 1912 | 4,685 | #15 |
| 1911 | 2,376 | #18 |
| 1910 | 1,942 | #17 |
| 1909 | 1,665 | #18 |
| 1908 | 1,601 | #16 |
| 1907 | 1,553 | #16 |
| 1906 | 1,486 | #15 |
| 1905 | 1,505 | #16 |
| 1904 | 1,495 | #15 |
| 1903 | 1,435 | #15 |
| 1902 | 1,487 | #15 |
| 1901 | 1,329 | #14 |
| 1900 | 1,853 | #15 |
| 1899 | 1,357 | #14 |
| 1898 | 1,619 | #14 |
| 1897 | 1,647 | #14 |
| 1896 | 1,821 | #14 |
| 1895 | 1,666 | #14 |
| 1894 | 1,712 | #14 |
| 1893 | 1,635 | #14 |
| 1892 | 1,768 | #14 |
| 1891 | 1,514 | #14 |
| 1890 | 1,610 | #14 |
| 1889 | 1,668 | #14 |
| 1888 | 1,710 | #14 |
| 1887 | 1,489 | #14 |
| 1886 | 1,656 | #14 |
| 1885 | 1,516 | #15 |
| 1884 | 1,690 | #14 |
| 1883 | 1,591 | #14 |
| 1882 | 1,686 | #14 |
| 1881 | 1,575 | #14 |
| 1880 | 1,599 | #14 |
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