Arturo
Arturo is a masculine given name. It is a Spanish and Italian variant of the name Arthur.
Meaning & Origin of Arturo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Arturo is a masculine given name. It is a Spanish and Italian variant of the name Arthur.
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The Story of Arturo
Arturo first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1898, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2005, when 1,093 Arturos were born — ranking #300 that year. As of 2026, Arturo ranks #590 for baby boys with 490 births, gradually rising (+6%). In total, more than 58K Arturos have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1890s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Arturo
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- Arturo Alessandri (1868–1950), Chilean politician and president
- Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born 1985) , American-born Salvadoran footballer
- Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born 1959) , Mexican footballer
- Arturo Araujo (1878–1967), former president of El Salvador
- Arturo Elías Ayub (born 1966), Mexican businessman
- Arturo Barrios (born 1962), Mexican-American long-distance runner
- Arturo Basile (1914–1968), Italian conductor
- Arthuro Henrique Bernhardt (born 1982), Brazilian football (soccer) player
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Names that sound like Arturo
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About the name Arturo
Arturo is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1898 and has accumulated 58K births in the dataset. Arturo's peak popularity came in 2005 when it ranked #259. Use the chart and map above to compare Arturo's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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