Arther
Arther is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 375th, in 1884.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1922132 births
- Best rank
- #375in 1884
- Since 1880
- 4,988people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,988 boys have been named Arther in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1922, with 132 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 132 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1929, and the 1920s alone account for 23%. It has spent 70 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Arther | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 154 | |
| 1890s | 183 | |
| 1900s | 234 | |
| 1910s | 762 | |
| 1920s | 1,170 | |
| 1930s | 1,023 | |
| 1940s | 671 | |
| 1950s | 394 | |
| 1960s | 172 | |
| 1970s | 113 | |
| 1980s | 74 | |
| 1990s | 18 | |
| 2000s | 5 | |
| 2020s | 15 |
In 1922, its biggest year
Arther was the 546th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1922 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1922.
Names that rose and fell with Arther
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Horacepeak 1921
- Clarancepeak 1926
- Burrellpeak 1919
- Alfordpeak 1930
- Hermanpeak 1921
- Elbertpeak 1920
- Lymanpeak 1917
- Clarencepeak 1921
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.