Arthur or George

Arthur is the more popular boy name in Canada, #18 to #93 in 2024. Arthur is the more popular boy name in England and Wales, #5 to #7 in 2025. Arthur is the more popular boy name in the USA, #105 to #124 in 2024.

Place by place

Each place ranks its own registered births, so the two names are compared inside one list at a time, in that place's most recent complete year.

Where each place ranks Arthur against George, in that place's most recent complete year.ArthurGeorge#1#50#100#250Canada#18 → #93 ↓75England and Wales#5 → #7 ↓2USA#105 → #124 ↓19Alberta#30 → #56 ↓26British Columbia#38 → #98 ↓60Ontario#50 → #95 ↓45Quebec#7 → #181 ↓174
PlaceYear Arthur George Ahead
Canada2024#18#93Arthur
England and Wales2025#5#7Arthur
USA2024#105#124Arthur
Alberta2024#30#56Arthur
British Columbia2024#38#98Arthur
Ontario2024#50#95Arthur
Quebec2024#7#181Arthur

Arthur and George in Canada, 2020–2024

Arthur climbed from #26 in 2020 to #18 in 2024 in Canada. George climbed from #111 in 2020 to #93 in 2024 in Canada.

Arthur and George ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#125#250#18 Arthur#93 George20202021202220232024

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Arthur and George in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Arthur slipped from #3 in 2020 to #5 in 2025 in England and Wales. George slipped from #2 in 2020 to #7 in 2025 in England and Wales. Arthur passed George in 2024.

Arthur and George ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#10#5 Arthur#7 George202020212022202320242025

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Arthur and George in the USA, 2020–2024

Arthur climbed from #163 in 2020 to #105 in 2024 in the USA. George climbed from #133 in 2020 to #124 in 2024 in the USA. Arthur passed George in 2022.

Arthur and George ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#125#250#105 Arthur#124 George20202021202220232024

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Other comparisons

How this comparison is built

Both names are ranked by how many babies were registered with that exact spelling, so every position here counts real births rather than votes or searches. Rank is the only measure every source publishes, so it is what the charts plot; birth counts are not released for every place.

A place appears only in the years it published a complete list, which is why a name can be missing from a year it was almost certainly given to some babies. See every head-to-head on the site, or the ranked lists these names come from.