Arturo
Arturo is ranked 577th among boys in 2024 (492 births). Its best rank was 259th, in 1990.
- Rank in 2024
- #577up 44 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 4920.03% of boys
- Peak year
- 20051,093 births
- Best rank
- #259in 1990
- Since 1898
- 56,633people given the name
The story in the numbers
56,633 boys have been named Arturo in the United States since 1898, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2005, with 1,093 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 519 → 577).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1989, and the 1990s alone account for 18%. It has spent 116 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Arturo | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | |
| 1900s | 51 | |
| 1910s | 389 | |
| 1920s | 1,440 | |
| 1930s | 1,444 | |
| 1940s | 2,479 | |
| 1950s | 4,208 | |
| 1960s | 4,687 | |
| 1970s | 6,234 | |
| 1980s | 7,785 | |
| 1990s | 10,253 | |
| 2000s | 9,882 | |
| 2010s | 5,420 | |
| 2020s | 2,355 |
In 2005, its biggest year
Arturo was the 300th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2005 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Ethan. See all of 2005.
Names that rose and fell with Arturo
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Armandopeak 1997
- Ernestopeak 2003
- Ramiropeak 2001
- Rogeliopeak 2005
- Guillermopeak 1998
- Humbertopeak 1992
- Raymundopeak 1994
- Hectorpeak 2005
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.