Arthur or Nathan

Nathan is the more popular boy name in Canada, #13 to #18 in 2024. Arthur is the more popular boy name in England and Wales, #5 to #99 in 2025. Nathan is the more popular boy name in the USA, #62 to #105 in 2024. The two countries disagree on which is ahead.

Arthur on its own page Nathan on its own page

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 Nathan, in that place's most recent complete year.ArthurNathan#1#50#100#250Canada#18 → #13 ↑5England and Wales#5 → #99 ↓94USA#105 → #62 ↑43Alberta#30 → #18 ↑12British Columbia#38 → #41 ↓3Ontario#50 → #16 ↑34Quebec#7 → #15 ↓8
PlaceYear Arthur Nathan Ahead
Canada2024#18#13Nathan
England and Wales2025#5#99Arthur
USA2024#105#62Nathan
Alberta2024#30#18Nathan
British Columbia2024#38#41Arthur
Ontario2024#50#16Nathan
Quebec2024#7#15Arthur

Arthur and Nathan in Canada, 2020–2024

Arthur climbed from #26 in 2020 to #18 in 2024 in Canada. Nathan stood at #13 in 2024, matching its 2020 rank in Canada.

Arthur and Nathan ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#13 Nathan#18 Arthur20202021202220232024

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Arthur and Nathan in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Arthur slipped from #3 in 2020 to #5 in 2025 in England and Wales. Nathan stood at #99 in 2025, matching its 2021 rank in England and Wales.

Arthur and Nathan ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#100#5 Arthur#99 Nathan202020212022202320242025

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Arthur and Nathan in the USA, 2020–2024

Arthur climbed from #163 in 2020 to #105 in 2024 in the USA. Nathan slipped from #55 in 2020 to #62 in 2024 in the USA.

Arthur and Nathan ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#125#250#62 Nathan#105 Arthur20202021202220232024

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Other comparisons

More head-to-heads with Arthur
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More head-to-heads with Nathan
Adam or NathanBenjamin or NathanCharles or NathanDaniel or NathanEdouard or NathanEmile or NathanEthan or NathanHenry or NathanHudson or NathanJack or NathanJacob or NathanJames or NathanJules or NathanLaurent or NathanLeo or NathanLevi or NathanLiam or NathanLogan or NathanLouis or NathanLuca or NathanLucas or NathanMuhammad or NathanNathan or NoahNathan or OliverNathan or OwenNathan or RaphaelNathan or TheoNathan or TheodoreNathan or ThomasNathan or WilliamNathan or Wyatt

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.