Arther
Arther was given to 5 boys in 2025, #12,187 among boys’ names; 5,040 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,020 Americans named Arther and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (20% of everyone recorded); the median is 73 years old and half are between 60 and 82.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Arther by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Arther?
#12,187 among boys’ names, 2025
Arther entered the boys’ rankings after 2015 and stood at #12,187 in 2025.
132 babies in 1922, the peak
Arther peaked in 1922, when 132 boys were given it, #546 among boys’ names. The 5 births of 2025 are 4% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,187 | under 0.01 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,400 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,507 | under 0.01 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,306 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,806 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,194 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 7 | #7,010 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,515 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,187 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,222 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (117)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 7 | #5,488 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,875 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,383 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,639 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,047 | under 0.01 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,876 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,162 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,783 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,848 | under 0.01 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,050 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,737 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,968 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,862 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,724 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,829 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,823 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 17 | #2,216 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,327 | under 0.01 |
| 1968 | 19 | #1,840 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 12 | #2,359 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 15 | #2,050 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 19 | #1,807 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 23 | #1,655 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 15 | #2,117 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 14 | #2,195 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 25 | #1,603 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 22 | #1,729 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 39 | #1,247 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 31 | #1,396 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 32 | #1,391 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 27 | #1,510 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 41 | #1,168 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 49 | #1,067 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 39 | #1,188 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 42 | #1,135 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 54 | #948 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 40 | #1,122 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 45 | #1,046 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 56 | #923 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 63 | #878 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 50 | #945 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 62 | #783 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 74 | #720 | 0.05 |
| 1943 | 71 | #773 | 0.05 |
| 1942 | 82 | #705 | 0.06 |
| 1941 | 73 | #724 | 0.06 |
| 1940 | 95 | #607 | 0.08 |
| 1939 | 95 | #595 | 0.09 |
| 1938 | 100 | #586 | 0.09 |
| 1937 | 85 | #638 | 0.08 |
| 1936 | 72 | #699 | 0.07 |
| 1935 | 115 | #539 | 0.11 |
| 1934 | 96 | #601 | 0.09 |
| 1933 | 99 | #582 | 0.10 |
| 1932 | 117 | #542 | 0.11 |
| 1931 | 128 | #507 | 0.12 |
| 1930 | 116 | #558 | 0.11 |
| 1929 | 128 | #517 | 0.12 |
| 1928 | 112 | #584 | 0.10 |
| 1927 | 119 | #564 | 0.11 |
| 1926 | 111 | #597 | 0.10 |
| 1925 | 119 | #569 | 0.11 |
| 1924 | 104 | #627 | 0.09 |
| 1923 | 122 | #565 | 0.11 |
| 1922 | 132 | #546 | 0.12 |
| 1921 | 110 | #604 | 0.10 |
| 1920 | 113 | #587 | 0.11 |
| 1919 | 120 | #546 | 0.12 |
| 1918 | 94 | #632 | 0.09 |
| 1917 | 122 | #522 | 0.13 |
| 1916 | 89 | #617 | 0.10 |
| 1915 | 86 | #622 | 0.10 |
| 1914 | 76 | #577 | 0.12 |
| 1913 | 53 | #604 | 0.10 |
| 1912 | 52 | #557 | 0.12 |
| 1911 | 35 | #497 | 0.15 |
| 1910 | 35 | #463 | 0.18 |
| 1909 | 35 | #419 | 0.21 |
| 1908 | 28 | #465 | 0.18 |
| 1907 | 20 | #542 | 0.14 |
| 1906 | 18 | #549 | 0.14 |
| 1905 | 25 | #431 | 0.19 |
| 1904 | 24 | #432 | 0.19 |
| 1903 | 11 | #701 | 0.09 |
| 1902 | 26 | #390 | 0.21 |
| 1901 | 17 | #469 | 0.16 |
| 1900 | 30 | #413 | 0.20 |
| 1899 | 16 | #482 | 0.15 |
| 1898 | 18 | #486 | 0.15 |
| 1897 | 17 | #475 | 0.15 |
| 1896 | 19 | #464 | 0.16 |
| 1895 | 24 | #390 | 0.20 |
| 1894 | 24 | #377 | 0.21 |
| 1893 | 12 | #573 | 0.11 |
| 1892 | 20 | #424 | 0.16 |
| 1891 | 17 | #428 | 0.17 |
| 1890 | 16 | #460 | 0.14 |
| 1889 | 8 | #727 | 0.07 |
| 1888 | 9 | #706 | 0.07 |
| 1887 | 9 | #634 | 0.09 |
| 1886 | 16 | #455 | 0.14 |
| 1885 | 22 | #380 | 0.20 |
| 1884 | 22 | #375 | 0.19 |
| 1883 | 17 | #434 | 0.16 |
| 1882 | 16 | #455 | 0.14 |
| 1881 | 18 | #396 | 0.18 |
| 1880 | 17 | #427 | 0.15 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Arther a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Arther has been given almost only to boys: 47 girls in 117 years of records.
Girls and boys named Arther: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Arther, and how old are they?
1,020 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 20% of the 5,040 Americans ever recorded as Arther. The median Arther alive today is 73 years old; half are between 60 and 82.
The 2020 Census counted 852 people named Arther (20 women and girls, 832 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,370 born in the U.S. The Census count is 38% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 297 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 448 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 171 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 73 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 11 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 20 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Arther born?
The states with the most babies named Arther are Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia, with 51% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Mississippi and Alabama are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 563 | not ranked | 6.3× |
| Alabama | 461 | not ranked | 3.9× |
| Georgia | 325 | not ranked | 2.4× |
| Texas | 293 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Arkansas | 229 | not ranked | 3.0× |
| Louisiana | 206 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| South Carolina | 152 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Tennessee | 144 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| North Carolina | 103 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Oklahoma | 50 | not ranked | 0.6× |
Where Arther is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Arther is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 6.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Arther with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 558,280 babies since 1880, Arther is the second most given (<1% of them). In 2025 it was given to 5 of their 3,858 babies (<1%), the third most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Arther
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Arther and names like it
- Compare Arther and ArthurBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sArther peaked in 1922.
- Mississippi’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Arther since 1910.
- The top names of 1922The year the most babies were named Arther.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Arther alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with AMost given first.