Boys' name · since 2021
Arcturus
Arcturus has 31 recorded births since 2021 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,531 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,774 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 31
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
Arcturus currently ranks #11774 among boys' names in America, with 31 babies recorded since 2021.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arcturus has been recorded 31 times among boys since 2021, currently ranked #11774 nationally and more common than 15% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2021 to 2025.
- #25,531 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,774 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 31 born since 2021
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arcturus ranks #25,531 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,774 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 31 born since 2021, peaking in the 2020s.
- #25,531 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,774 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 31
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
Arcturus's 31 recorded births place it above 43.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Arcturus compares
31 12th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Arcturus's all-time total is 92% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Arcturus | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 31 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 34 | 22,252 |
Arcturus's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Arcturus splits its recorded history at 2023: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2023 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Arcturus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Arcturus by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (31 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Arcturus's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Arcturus births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 31 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Arcturus: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~4 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2021–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Arcturus draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.