# Arturo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/arturo/  
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 | 57,291 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 57,082 / 209 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 204, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 9 | 6,840 |
| 1982 | 10 | 6,396 |
| 1983 | 9 | 6,755 |
| 1984 | 6 | 9,228 |
| 1985 | 8 | 7,612 |
| 1986 | 7 | 8,603 |
| 1988 | 8 | 8,454 |
| 1989 | 11 | 6,990 |
| 1990 | 11 | 7,347 |
| 1991 | 10 | 8,030 |
| 1992 | 8 | 9,562 |
| 1993 | 7 | 10,705 |
| 1994 | 9 | 8,871 |
| 1995 | 6 | 11,931 |
| 2001 | 6 | 13,697 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 632 | 431 |
| 2012 | 589 | 462 |
| 2013 | 527 | 508 |
| 2014 | 539 | 519 |
| 2015 | 557 | 516 |
| 2016 | 543 | 537 |
| 2017 | 478 | 568 |
| 2018 | 447 | 605 |
| 2019 | 453 | 604 |
| 2020 | 476 | 583 |
| 2021 | 431 | 641 |
| 2022 | 505 | 579 |
| 2023 | 451 | 623 |
| 2024 | 493 | 578 |
| 2025 | 446 | 627 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,270 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 13 | 1,721 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,673 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,175 |
| 2017 | 13 | 1,812 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 13 | 1,745 |
| 2020 | 20 | 1,273 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2022 | 17 | 1,469 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,007 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,263 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,014 |

## People named Arturo

- Arturo Vidal, Chilean association football player
- Arturo Alessandri, Chilean politician and President (1868–1950)
- Arturo Sandoval, Cuban jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer
- Arturo Gatti, Canadian boxer (1972–2009)
- Arturo Rodríguez, Argentine boxer (1907-1982)
- Arturo Torres Carrasco, Chilean footballer (1906-1987)
- Arturo Coddou, Chilean footballer (1905-1955)
- Arturo Álvarez, American soccer player
- Arturo Prat, Chilean naval officer, lawyer, and professor
- Arturo Rodas, Ecuadorian composer
- Arturo Lona Reyes, Catholic bishop
- Arturo Farías, Chilean footballer (1927–1992)

## 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.