Arthur · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Arthur.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1880

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 116 recorded years as a table

Arthur, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	55
1882	46
1883	45
1884	54
1885	75
1886	55
1887	62
1888	45
1889	50
1890	42
1891	38
1892	42
1893	47
1894	27
1895	34
1896	42
1897	26
1898	27
1899	47
1900	57
1901	29
1902	23
1903	19
1904	33
1905	48
1906	27
1907	41
1908	33
1909	17
1910	35
1911	31
1912	39
1913	26
1914	33
1915	39
1916	35
1917	43
1918	56
1919	50
1920	53
1921	42
1922	46
1923	47
1924	45
1925	64
1926	66
1927	69
1928	82
1929	81
1930	71
1931	66
1932	52
1933	47
1934	50
1935	41
1936	52
1937	55
1938	39
1939	38
1940	34
1941	29
1942	27
1943	30
1944	35
1945	24
1946	21
1947	17
1948	16
1949	23
1950	15
1951	16
1952	18
1953	18
1954	19
1955	17
1956	17
1957	17
1958	12
1959	14
1960	15
1961	12
1962	17
1963	15
1964	19
1965	19
1966	7
1967	18
1968	23
1969	14
1970	17
1971	13
1972	17
1973	15
1974	13
1975	15
1976	13
1977	6
1978	12
1979	11
1980	11
1981	10
1982	11
1983	13
1984	9
1985	10
1986	9
1987	9
1988	7
1989	4
1990	4
1991	7
1992	4
1993	3
1994	3
2016	3
2024	4

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Arthur isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2024: 7
Rank in 2024: #12,161
How rare: 1 in 231,455 girls
Since 1880: 3,201

Arthur was last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1928, at 82 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Arthur doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.