Arthur
3.37k
Babies in 2024
+104%
10-year change
2019
Peak · 4.21k
-1%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Arthur
Arthur is a rising UK boy's name. Registrations in 2024 (3,368) are up 104% on a decade earlier — one of the steeper climbs in the ONS data for England & Wales.
Arthur reached its peak in 2019, when 4,211 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #4 for UK boys that year. Today's count of 3,368 represents 80% of the peak.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 43,586 boys have been officially registered with the name Arthur in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 34,711 boys were registered with the name, starting from 1,649 in 2014 and ending at 3,368 in 2024.