Arthur or Jacob

Arthur is the more popular boy name in Canada, #18 to #19 in 2024. Arthur is the more popular boy name in England and Wales, #5 to #41 in 2025. Jacob is the more popular boy name in the USA, #41 to #105 in 2024. The two countries disagree on which is ahead.

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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 Jacob, in that place's most recent complete year.ArthurJacob#1#50#100#250Canada#18 → #19 ↓1England and Wales#5 → #41 ↓36USA#105 → #41 ↑64Alberta#30 → #31 ↓1British Columbia#38 → #55 ↓17Ontario#50 → #23 ↑27Quebec#7 → #11 ↓4
PlaceYear Arthur Jacob Ahead
Canada2024#18#19Arthur
England and Wales2025#5#41Arthur
USA2024#105#41Jacob
Alberta2024#30#31Arthur
British Columbia2024#38#55Arthur
Ontario2024#50#23Jacob
Quebec2024#7#11Arthur

Arthur and Jacob in Canada, 2020–2024

Arthur climbed from #26 in 2020 to #18 in 2024 in Canada. Jacob slipped from #9 in 2020 to #19 in 2024 in Canada. Arthur passed Jacob in 2024.

Arthur and Jacob ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#18 Arthur#19 Jacob20202021202220232024

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Arthur and Jacob in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Arthur slipped from #3 in 2020 to #5 in 2025 in England and Wales. Jacob slipped from #19 in 2020 to #41 in 2025 in England and Wales.

Arthur and Jacob ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#5 Arthur#41 Jacob202020212022202320242025

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Arthur and Jacob in the USA, 2020–2024

Arthur climbed from #163 in 2020 to #105 in 2024 in the USA. Jacob slipped from #15 in 2020 to #41 in 2024 in the USA.

Arthur and Jacob ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#125#250#41 Jacob#105 Arthur20202021202220232024

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Other comparisons

More head-to-heads with Arthur
Adam or ArthurAlfie or ArthurArchie or ArthurArlo or ArthurArthur or BenjaminArthur or CharlesArthur or EdouardArthur or EmileArthur or EthanArthur or FinleyArthur or FreddieArthur or GeorgeArthur or HarryArthur or HenryArthur or JackArthur or JamesArthur or JudeArthur or JulesArthur or LaurentArthur or LeoArthur or LeviArthur or LiamArthur or LoganArthur or LouisArthur or LucaArthur or LucasArthur or MohammedArthur or MuhammadArthur or NathanArthur or NoahArthur or OliverArthur or OscarArthur or RaphaelArthur or RoryArthur or TheoArthur or TheodoreArthur or ThomasArthur or William
More head-to-heads with Jacob
Adam or JacobBenjamin or JacobCharles or JacobEdouard or JacobEmile or JacobEthan or JacobHenry or JacobJack or JacobJacob or JamesJacob or JulesJacob or LaurentJacob or LeoJacob or LeviJacob or LiamJacob or LoganJacob or LouisJacob or LucasJacob or NathanJacob or NoahJacob or OliverJacob or RaphaelJacob or TheoJacob or TheodoreJacob or ThomasJacob or William

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.