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How popular is the name Arthur?
Births per year, rank history and how many Arthurs are alive today.
Arthur is one of the ten most popular boys' names in England and Wales, ranked 4th in 2024 with 3,368 babies given the name. The name peaked in 1904, when around 22,200 babies were given the name, the 5th most popular that year. Arthur's popularity is double-peaked: popular in the early 1900s, having dropped out of the published rankings in between, and stronger still at its peak in the early 2020s. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 95,000 babies have been named Arthur in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Arthur you are most likely to meet is around 6 years old. Half of all Arthurs born in England and Wales are between 7 and 74, and there are at least 81,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 23% chance that at least one of them will be called Arthur.
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Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Arthur most popular?
Arthur peaked in 1904, when around 22,200 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Arthur?
At least 81,000 people named Arthur born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Arthur?
Most living Arthurs are between 7 and 74; the most common age is about 6.
Is Arthur becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1904 peak.