Aurther — boys' name
284 babies named Aurther in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1932. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
24% of everyone ever named Aurther was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Aurther in 1932 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aurther
The Social Security Administration has registered 284 babies named Aurther between 1912 and 1989, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Aurther currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1932, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aurther performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 68 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Aurther shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Aurther in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aurther in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 284 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Aurther at a glance
Last recorded 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Aurther popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1912
- Peak year (1932)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 78 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1989.
284 total births across 78 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1932 with 15 births in a single year.
Aurther by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 68 births that decade — 24% of Aurther's all-time total
Aurther decade highlights
- Peak decade 68 births
- Runner-up 64 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Aurther's strongest decade
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Aurther by state
Where Aurther concentrates geographically — total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mississippi | | 5 | 1.8% |
5 of 284 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Mississippi 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Mississippi accounts for 1.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1912–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.