Authur
Authur is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 604th, in 1880.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 195156 births
- Best rank
- #604in 1880
- Since 1880
- 2,192people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,192 boys have been named Authur in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1951, with 56 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 56 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1944, and the 1950s alone account for 19%. It has spent 14 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Authur | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 27 | |
| 1890s | 37 | |
| 1900s | 54 | |
| 1910s | 202 | |
| 1920s | 304 | |
| 1930s | 315 | |
| 1940s | 376 | |
| 1950s | 410 | |
| 1960s | 175 | |
| 1970s | 126 | |
| 1980s | 111 | |
| 1990s | 48 | |
| 2000s | 7 |
In 1951, its biggest year
Authur was the 935th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1951 were James, Robert, John, Michael and David. See all of 1951.
Names that rose and fell with Authur
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Furmanpeak 1918
- Sanfordpeak 1929
- Othapeak 1920
- Petepeak 1959
- Joepeak 1936
- Alvispeak 1924
- Bertrandpeak 1924
- Laurencepeak 1952
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.