UK boy's name
Arturs
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2023. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Arturs is a boy's name in the UK records. People looking for Arturs popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2023 in this profile. In that release it ranked #4991, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2014, with 12 births.
This profile covers 85 England and Wales registrations across 13 recorded years from 2006 to 2023. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 25% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 87 living people in the UK are called Arturs. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2024 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Arturs ranked #4991 for boys in England and Wales in 2023, with 3 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2014, when 12 boys were registered as Arturs.
- • Arturs ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #707 in 2016.
- • About 87 living people in the UK are estimated to have Arturs as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#4991
2023
Births in 2023
3
Latest year
Peak year
2014
12 births
Estimated living
87
2026
Popularity
Arturs over time
The chart below shows babies named Arturs registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 2006 to 2023. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Arturs, the clearest high point is 2014. The latest England and Wales figure is 3 births in 2023, compared with 12 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Arturs by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Arturs was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #4800 | 6 | 2 |
| 2010s | #2611 | 72 | 9 |
| 2000s | #3956 | 7 | 2 |
Geography
Where Arturs is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Arturs. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Arturs ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #707 in 2016.
Across the UK
Arturs in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#707 in 2016
1 years of NRS records, 3 total registered
Related
Names similar to Arturs
- Alfie 86,546
- Alexander 85,525
- Adam 71,855
- Archie 59,965
- Arthur 43,586
- Aaron 36,366
- Alex 32,729
- Andrew 20,169
- Arlo 19,061
- Aidan 16,776
- Albie 16,017
- Albert 15,809
FAQ
Arturs: questions and answers
How popular is the name Arturs in the UK right now?
In 2023, Arturs was ranked #4991 for boys in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.
When was Arturs most popular?
The peak year on record was 2014, with 12 babies registered as Arturs in England and Wales.
How many people are called Arturs in the UK?
A total of 85 babies have been registered as Arturs across the 13 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 3 more in Scotland.
Where is Arturs most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Arturs ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #707 in 2016. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.