Names / Boy names
Arthur
Current rank
#87
and rising
All-time peak
#14
in 1896
First recorded
1880
in U.S. data
Children named
551,900
since 1880
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #14 in 1896 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Bear, strong man. It enters U.S. records in American naming data in 1880. Its strongest year was 1896, at #14 nationally. As of the latest data it stands at #87, trending upward. Across all years, more than 551,900 children have been named this.