The baby name Arthur appears in baby name data for the United States from 1910 to 2024. It was most popular in 1921 with 13,055 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Arthur has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 2,630 |
| 1911 | 2,813 |
| 1912 | 5,730 |
| 1913 | 6,246 |
| 1914 | 7,869 |
| 1915 | 10,129 |
| 1916 | 10,881 |
| 1917 | 21 |
| 1917 | 11,590 |
| 1918 | 42 |
| 1918 | 12,592 |
| 1919 | 11 |
| 1919 | 11,975 |
| 1920 | 17 |
| 1920 | 12,734 |
| 1921 | 12 |
| 1921 | 13,055 |
| 1922 | 6 |
| 1922 | 12,477 |
| 1923 | 7 |
| 1923 | 12,155 |
| 1924 | 12,450 |
| 1925 | 60 |
| 1925 | 12,101 |
| 1926 | 58 |
| 1926 | 11,618 |
| 1927 | 65 |
| 1927 | 11,338 |
| 1928 | 82 |
| 1928 | 10,638 |
| 1929 | 87 |
| 1929 | 9,978 |
| 1930 | 54 |
| 1930 | 10,667 |
| 1931 | 63 |
| 1931 | 9,266 |
| 1932 | 5 |
| 1932 | 8,130 |
| 1933 | 20 |
| 1933 | 7,828 |
| 1934 | 6 |
| 1934 | 7,580 |
| 1935 | 5 |
| 1935 | 7,849 |
| 1936 | 31 |
| 1936 | 7,489 |
| 1937 | 9 |
| 1937 | 7,550 |
| 1938 | 11 |
| 1938 | 7,638 |
| 1939 | 7,179 |
| 1940 | 11 |
| 1940 | 7,900 |
| 1941 | 7 |
| 1941 | 8,040 |
| 1942 | 12 |
| 1942 | 9,805 |
| 1943 | 15 |
| 1943 | 9,213 |
| 1944 | 5 |
| 1944 | 8,654 |
| 1945 | 7 |
| 1945 | 7,902 |
| 1946 | 8 |
| 1946 | 8,101 |
| 1947 | 9,926 |
| 1948 | 9,866 |
| 1949 | 7 |
| 1949 | 9,053 |
| 1950 | 5 |
| 1950 | 8,629 |
| 1951 | 8,469 |
| 1952 | 8,235 |
| 1953 | 10 |
| 1953 | 8,405 |
| 1954 | 14 |
| 1954 | 7,834 |
| 1955 | 8 |
| 1955 | 8,567 |
| 1956 | 5 |
| 1956 | 8,181 |
| 1957 | 7,259 |
| 1958 | 5 |
| 1958 | 6,875 |
| 1959 | 6,312 |
| 1960 | 6,039 |
| 1961 | 5,416 |
| 1962 | 5,169 |
| 1963 | 5 |
| 1963 | 5,055 |
| 1964 | 4,612 |
| 1965 | 4,447 |
| 1966 | 3,910 |
| 1967 | 5 |
| 1967 | 3,735 |
| 1968 | 3,445 |
| 1969 | 3,576 |
| 1970 | 3,109 |
| 1971 | 2,945 |
| 1972 | 5 |
| 1972 | 2,544 |
| 1973 | 2,327 |
| 1974 | 2,131 |
| 1975 | 5 |
| 1975 | 2,006 |
| 1976 | 1,847 |
| 1977 | 2,276 |
| 1978 | 1,998 |
| 1979 | 1,958 |
| 1980 | 1,956 |
| 1981 | 1,718 |
| 1982 | 1,786 |
| 1983 | 1,739 |
| 1984 | 1,623 |
| 1985 | 1,514 |
| 1986 | 1,758 |
| 1987 | 1,473 |
| 1988 | 1,516 |
| 1989 | 1,446 |
| 1990 | 1,371 |
| 1991 | 1,414 |
| 1992 | 1,450 |
| 1993 | 1,276 |
| 1994 | 1,127 |
| 1995 | 1,064 |
| 1996 | 942 |
| 1997 | 943 |
| 1998 | 948 |
| 1999 | 868 |
| 2000 | 889 |
| 2001 | 836 |
| 2002 | 760 |
| 2003 | 749 |
| 2004 | 747 |
| 2005 | 847 |
| 2006 | 794 |
| 2007 | 746 |
| 2008 | 810 |
| 2009 | 787 |
| 2010 | 684 |
| 2011 | 870 |
| 2012 | 864 |
| 2013 | 1,088 |
| 2014 | 1,177 |
| 2015 | 1,451 |
| 2016 | 1,630 |
| 2017 | 1,829 |
| 2018 | 1,961 |
| 2019 | 2,596 |
| 2020 | 2,361 |
| 2021 | 2,756 |
| 2022 | 2,946 |
| 2023 | 2,978 |
| 2024 | 3,529 |