# Arther (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/arther/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,040 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,993 / 47 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 5 | 5,023 |
| 1924 | 5 | 5,133 |
| 1926 | 6 | 4,341 |
| 1928 | 7 | 3,770 |
| 1937 | 5 | 4,293 |
| 1938 | 6 | 3,875 |
| 1940 | 7 | 3,527 |
| 1946 | 6 | 4,454 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 7 | 5,049 |
| 1983 | 11 | 3,640 |
| 1984 | 5 | 6,387 |
| 1986 | 8 | 4,880 |
| 1987 | 7 | 5,495 |
| 1988 | 8 | 5,228 |
| 1989 | 9 | 5,194 |
| 1992 | 5 | 8,523 |
| 1994 | 7 | 7,016 |
| 1997 | 6 | 8,200 |
| 2002 | 5 | 10,813 |
| 2021 | 5 | 12,312 |
| 2022 | 5 | 12,513 |
| 2023 | 5 | 12,405 |
| 2025 | 5 | 12,191 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.