How Many People Are Named Arthur?
people named Arthur are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,657 people in the US has this name
Based on 551,930 babies named Arthur in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
10,579 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
The meaning of this name is unknown. It could be derived from the Celtic elements artos "bear" combined with viros "man" or rigos "king". Alternatively it could be related to an obscure Roman family name Artorius. Arthur is the name of the central character in Arthurian legend, a 6th-century king of the Britons who resisted Saxon invaders. He may or may not have been a real person. He first appears in Welsh poems and chronicles (some possibly as early as the 7th century) but his character was not developed until the chronicles of the 12th-century Geoffrey of Monmouth.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Arthur, 0.6% were girls and 99.4% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Arthur alive today is about 54 years old, and 53% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 37 and 74 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Arthur first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1921, to 10,579 babies. In 2025, 3,847 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been rising.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Arthur never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #14, in 1880 to 1884, 1886 to 1899 and 1901, and it was in the top 100 in 91 years between 1880 and 2025. In 2025 it ranked #87.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #87 |
| Best rank | #14 (1880 to 1884, 1886 to 1899 and 1901) |
| Years in the top 100 | 91 (1880 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #20 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Arthur alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Arthur were born in California than in any other state: about 23,864 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Arthur was given 1.9 times as often in New Hampshire, 1.9 times in Rhode Island and 1.8 times in Massachusetts.
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