Arthur or Rory

Arthur is the more popular boy name in Canada, #18 to #138 in 2024. Arthur is the more popular boy name in England and Wales, #5 to #17 in 2025. Arthur is the more popular boy name in the USA, #105 to #226 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 Rory, in that place's most recent complete year.ArthurRory#1#250#500#750#1000Canada#18 → #138 ↓120England and Wales#5 → #17 ↓12USA#105 → #226 ↓121Alberta#30 → #161 ↓131British Columbia#38 → #132 ↓94Ontario#50 → #97 ↓47Quebec#7 → #687 ↓680
PlaceYear Arthur Rory Ahead
Canada2024#18#138Arthur
England and Wales2025#5#17Arthur
USA2024#105#226Arthur
Alberta2024#30#161Arthur
British Columbia2024#38#132Arthur
Ontario2024#50#97Arthur
Quebec2024#7#687Arthur

Arthur and Rory in Canada, 2020–2024

Arthur climbed from #26 in 2020 to #18 in 2024 in Canada. Rory climbed from #202 in 2020 to #138 in 2024 in Canada.

Arthur and Rory ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#125#250#18 Arthur#138 Rory20202021202220232024

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Arthur and Rory in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Arthur slipped from #3 in 2020 to #5 in 2025 in England and Wales. Rory climbed from #43 in 2020 to #17 in 2025 in England and Wales.

Arthur and Rory ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#5 Arthur#17 Rory202020212022202320242025

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Arthur and Rory in the USA, 2020–2024

Arthur climbed from #163 in 2020 to #105 in 2024 in the USA. Rory climbed from #330 in 2020 to #226 in 2024 in the USA.

Arthur and Rory ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#250#500#105 Arthur#226 Rory20202021202220232024

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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.