Arturo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ar-TOO-roh
- Origin
- Celtic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,087 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #627 for boys
Arturo is a boys' name of Celtic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 627th for boys in the US (446 babies).
What does Arturo mean?
Celtic: Spanish and Italian form of Arthur
Borne by the Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957).
Is Arturo a girl's or a boy's name?
Arturo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 446 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arturo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,087among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Arturo, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,317th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 21 boys.
Half of all the boys named Arturo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Arturo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 20 | #1,404 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 21 | #1,317 |
| 2019 | 14 | #1,756 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 14 | #1,822 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,612 |
| 2014 | 14 | #1,743 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Arturo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #627among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 446about 1 in 3,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 446 boys in the US were named Arturo, making it the 627th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 583rd. Its busiest year was 2005, with 1,093 boys. It first appears in the records in 1898.
Half of all the boys named Arturo in the US since 1880 were born between 1969 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arturo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 446 | #627 |
| 2024 | 493 | #578 |
| 2023 | 451 | #623 |
| 2022 | 505 | #579 |
| 2021 | 431 | #639 |
| 2020 | 476 | #583 |
| 2019 | 453 | #604 |
| 2018 | 447 | #605 |
| 2017 | 478 | #568 |
| 2016 | 543 | #537 |
| 2015 | 557 | #516 |
| 2014 | 539 | #519 |
| 2013 | 527 | #508 |
| 2012 | 589 | #462 |
| 2011 | 632 | #431 |
| 2010 | 656 | #422 |
| 2009 | 798 | #381 |
| 2008 | 900 | #351 |
| 2007 | 972 | #328 |
| 2006 | 991 | #323 |
| 2005 | 1,093 | #300 |
| 2004 | 1,014 | #309 |
| 2003 | 986 | #303 |
| 2002 | 1,032 | #288 |
| 2001 | 1,058 | #284 |
| 2000 | 1,038 | #291 |
| 1999 | 1,018 | #286 |
| 1998 | 983 | #290 |
| 1997 | 1,003 | #278 |
| 1996 | 1,058 | #265 |
| 1995 | 1,015 | #274 |
| 1994 | 1,013 | #273 |
| 1993 | 1,056 | #274 |
| 1992 | 1,066 | #268 |
| 1991 | 1,006 | #268 |
| 1990 | 1,036 | #259 |
| 1989 | 861 | #286 |
| 1988 | 816 | #286 |
| 1987 | 775 | #281 |
| 1986 | 744 | #282 |
| 1985 | 767 | #272 |
| 1984 | 768 | #271 |
| 1983 | 731 | #281 |
| 1982 | 732 | #282 |
| 1981 | 823 | #263 |
| 1980 | 767 | #275 |
| 1979 | 693 | #293 |
| 1978 | 684 | #284 |
| 1977 | 643 | #302 |
| 1976 | 694 | #276 |
| 1975 | 644 | #295 |
| 1974 | 590 | #310 |
| 1973 | 566 | #310 |
| 1972 | 596 | #307 |
| 1971 | 555 | #332 |
| 1970 | 568 | #335 |
| 1969 | 484 | #359 |
| 1968 | 501 | #344 |
| 1967 | 438 | #358 |
| 1966 | 458 | #348 |
| 1965 | 443 | #365 |
| 1964 | 447 | #372 |
| 1963 | 468 | #363 |
| 1962 | 500 | #352 |
| 1961 | 489 | #360 |
| 1960 | 460 | #368 |
| 1959 | 467 | #361 |
| 1958 | 468 | #352 |
| 1957 | 425 | #373 |
| 1956 | 429 | #355 |
| 1955 | 410 | #356 |
| 1954 | 417 | #349 |
| 1953 | 438 | #333 |
| 1952 | 419 | #340 |
| 1951 | 372 | #355 |
| 1950 | 364 | #352 |
| 1949 | 350 | #360 |
| 1948 | 327 | #375 |
| 1947 | 301 | #395 |
| 1946 | 282 | #390 |
| 1945 | 220 | #405 |
| 1944 | 242 | #386 |
| 1943 | 233 | #404 |
| 1942 | 200 | #435 |
| 1941 | 161 | #466 |
| 1940 | 163 | #455 |
| 1939 | 144 | #474 |
| 1938 | 144 | #482 |
| 1937 | 139 | #481 |
| 1936 | 114 | #537 |
| 1935 | 134 | #494 |
| 1934 | 146 | #466 |
| 1933 | 129 | #494 |
| 1932 | 157 | #451 |
| 1931 | 155 | #452 |
| 1930 | 182 | #434 |
| 1929 | 204 | #411 |
| 1928 | 193 | #428 |
| 1927 | 172 | #465 |
| 1926 | 146 | #499 |
| 1925 | 129 | #539 |
| 1924 | 148 | #514 |
| 1923 | 129 | #539 |
| 1922 | 114 | #605 |
| 1921 | 94 | #668 |
| 1920 | 111 | #592 |
| 1919 | 75 | #738 |
| 1918 | 54 | #902 |
| 1917 | 52 | #884 |
| 1916 | 31 | #1,176 |
| 1915 | 48 | #893 |
| 1914 | 35 | #933 |
| 1913 | 44 | #681 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,267 |
| 1911 | 13 | #924 |
| 1910 | 23 | #598 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1908 | 12 | #779 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 12 | #699 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,063 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 8 | #967 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,001 |
Names like Arturo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Arturo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arturo, updated 20 October 2026.