boy's name

Artur

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 3,181

Northern Ireland

#510

2019 births

Artur is a boy's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 25 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in France in 2019, when 55 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade in France.
  • Today about 1 in 19,650 babies in France is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1908.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Artur over time

Births per decade in France, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'00 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Artur by decade in France
Decade Births
1900s 5
1960s 20
1970s 180
1980s 40
1990s 50
2000s 185
2010s 395
2020s (to 2025) 195

How popular is Artur?

In 2025, Artur was given to 30 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Artur is used

Northern Ireland #510 3 in 2019
Ireland #667 5 in 2025
Scotland #866 3 in 2022
England & Wales #1,191 25 in 2025
France #1,240 30 in 2025
Canada #3,616 5 in 2023
United States #4,236 25 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

How Artur is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Artúr Artúr is a rare spelling of Artur, written with a fada and recorded 3 times, mostly in Ireland. 3

Names that peaked alongside Artur

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Artur also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Artur over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Artur in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Armenian
Arto
Estonian
Arto
Finnish
Arto

Sibling names for Artur

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Artur — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Artur

How popular is the name Artur?

In 2025, Artur was given to 30 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Artur a girl's or a boy's name?

Artur is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Artur?

Artur has 2 syllables.

When was Artur most popular?

Artur peaked in 2019, when 55 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Artur a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Artur currently ranks #667 in France. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.