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How popular is “Arthur” in the USA?

Number of people named “Arthur” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Arthur” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Arthur” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Arthur” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Arthur” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Arthur” by birth year

This chart shows how “Arthur” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 1604 0.00796093 5 1599 -99%
1881 1575 0.008173835 1575 -100%
1882 1691 0.007633174 5 1686 -99%
1883 1596 0.007356669 5 1591 -99%
1884 1697 0.006970316 7 1690 -99%
1885 1526 0.006335788 10 1516 -99%
1886 1664 0.006517414 8 1656 -99%
1887 1498 0.006055167 9 1489 -99%
1888 1718 0.005736725 8 1710 -99%
1889 1677 0.005803853 9 1668 -99%
1890 1618 0.005368263 8 1610 -99%
1891 1521 0.005305697 7 1514 -99%
1892 1777 0.005314408 9 1768 -99%
1893 1645 0.005058068 10 1635 -99%
1894 1718 0.005072485 6 1712 -99%
1895 1674 0.004768959 8 1666 -99%
1896 1831 0.005121908 10 1821 -99%
1897 1653 0.004764279 6 1647 -99%
1898 1626 0.004262626 7 1619 -99%
1899 1368 0.004032615 11 1357 -98%
1900 1870 0.004153174 17 1853 -98%
1901 1336 0.003863371 7 1329 -99%
1902 1493 0.003860545 6 1487 -99%
1903 1440 0.003777544 5 1435 -99%
1904 1504 0.003727524 9 1495 -99%
1905 1519 0.003583206 14 1505 -98%
1906 1494 0.00348698 8 1486 -99%
1907 1566 0.00336492 13 1553 -98%
1908 1612 0.003298891 11 1601 -99%
1909 1671 0.003268626 6 1665 -99%
1910 1956 0.003311264 14 1942 -99%
1911 2389 0.003708027 13 2376 -99%
1912 4707 0.004763871 22 4685 -99%
1913 5438 0.004782299 16 5422 -99%
1914 6666 0.004706484 25 6641 -99%
1915 8602 0.004694323 38 8564 -99%
1916 8958 0.004630852 37 8921 -99%
1917 9329 0.00464881 47 9282 -99%
1918 10170 0.004684238 65 10105 -99%
1919 9597 0.004547813 57 9540 -99%
1920 10300 0.004552199 64 10236 -99%
1921 10579 0.004531581 52 10527 -99%
1922 10169 0.004442248 55 10114 -99%
1923 9981 0.004334889 57 9924 -99%
1924 10228 0.004294574 56 10172 -99%
1925 10064 0.004313201 78 9986 -98%
1926 9543 0.004156531 78 9465 -98%
1927 9420 0.004061469 82 9338 -98%
1928 8974 0.003969149 94 8880 -98%
1929 8560 0.003904823 90 8470 -98%
1930 8364 0.003761996 80 8284 -98%
1931 7594 0.00360865 69 7525 -98%
1932 6972 0.003302245 56 6916 -98%
1933 6573 0.003287409 47 6526 -99%
1934 6494 0.003126902 52 6442 -98%
1935 6591 0.003153739 43 6548 -99%
1936 6318 0.003041041 54 6264 -98%
1937 6379 0.002993894 58 6321 -98%
1938 6567 0.002968036 43 6524 -99%
1939 6422 0.002914531 42 6380 -99%
1940 6549 0.002844071 39 6510 -99%
1941 6773 0.002779893 35 6738 -99%
1942 8065 0.002952246 37 8028 -99%
1943 7827 0.002773016 42 7785 -99%
1944 7300 0.002713675 46 7254 -99%
1945 6833 0.002575662 32 6801 -99%
1946 7570 0.0023691 33 7537 -99%
1947 8285 0.002299906 30 8255 -99%
1948 7604 0.002202451 27 7577 -99%
1949 7521 0.002158245 40 7481 -99%
1950 7186 0.002051175 25 7161 -99%
1951 7442 0.00202023 28 7414 -99%
1952 7270 0.001914163 34 7236 -99%
1953 7033 0.001825026 33 7000 -99%
1954 6895 0.001732104 37 6858 -99%
1955 6605 0.001645048 34 6571 -99%
1956 6322 0.001533336 34 6288 -99%
1957 6087 0.001448547 34 6053 -99%
1958 5690 0.001376423 25 5665 -99%
1959 5502 0.001323235 28 5474 -99%
1960 5224 0.001257639 30 5194 -99%
1961 4838 0.00116795 25 4813 -99%
1962 4476 0.001109191 33 4443 -99%
1963 4300 0.001086352 29 4271 -99%
1964 4186 0.001076755 36 4150 -98%
1965 3811 0.00105118 34 3777 -98%
1966 3495 0.001005566 12 3483 -99%
1967 3340 0.00098383 29 3311 -98%
1968 3078 0.000911079 37 3041 -98%
1969 3160 0.000909268 23 3137 -99%
1970 3011 0.000834878 30 2981 -98%
1971 2837 0.000826546 21 2816 -99%
1972 2421 0.000770285 26 2395 -98%
1973 2227 0.000738178 22 2205 -98%
1974 2093 0.000688487 19 2074 -98%
1975 2044 0.000676957 22 2022 -98%
1976 1923 0.000633754 19 1904 -98%
1977 1978 0.000622699 9 1969 -99%
1978 1891 0.000595803 18 1873 -98%
1979 1880 0.000565074 17 1863 -98%
1980 1839 0.000533894 18 1821 -98%
1981 1818 0.000525528 16 1802 -98%
1982 1812 0.000516539 18 1794 -98%
1983 1769 0.000510779 22 1747 -98%
1984 1715 0.000491579 15 1700 -98%
1985 1734 0.000485835 17 1717 -98%
1986 1586 0.000445872 15 1571 -98%
1987 1572 0.000435987 15 1557 -98%
1988 1566 0.000423811 13 1553 -98%
1989 1541 0.000400838 8 1533 -99%
1990 1549 0.000391906 8 1541 -99%
1991 1490 0.000382516 13 1477 -98%
1992 1419 0.000369409 7 1412 -99%
1993 1246 0.00033048 5 1241 -99%
1994 1166 0.000313639 6 1160 -99%
1995 1113 0.000303919 1113 -100%
1996 1008 0.000276377 1008 -100%
1997 973 0.000268358 973 -100%
1998 983 0.00026725 983 -100%
1999 874 0.000236608 874 -100%
2000 914 0.000241805 914 -100%
2001 881 0.000235348 881 -100%
2002 844 0.000225772 844 -100%
2003 795 0.000209083 795 -100%
2004 792 0.00020728 792 -100%
2005 830 0.000215873 830 -100%
2006 792 0.000200193 792 -100%
2007 819 0.000204869 819 -100%
2008 862 0.000219301 862 -100%
2009 812 0.000212556 812 -100%
2010 729 0.000197254 729 -100%
2011 893 0.000244136 893 -100%
2012 865 0.000236509 865 -100%
2013 1034 0.000283624 1034 -100%
2014 1153 0.000311086 1153 -100%
2015 1247 0.000336944 1247 -100%
2016 1350 0.000367978 5 1345 -99%
2017 1514 0.000423355 1514 -100%
2018 1653 0.00047015 1653 -100%
2019 2193 0.000631819 2193 -100%
2020 2335 0.000698981 2335 -100%
2021 2475 0.00073053 2475 -100%
2022 2689 0.000794825 2689 -100%
2023 2830 0.000854676 2830 -100%
2024 3325 0.000998948 7 3318 -100%

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