Macarthur
Macarthur is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 7 births. Its best rank was 513th, in 1942.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 70.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1942142 births
- Best rank
- #513in 1942
- Since 1941
- 1,285people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,285 boys have been named Macarthur in the United States since 1941, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1942, with 142 births.
The name has all but left use: 7 births in 2024, against 142 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1970, and the 1940s alone account for 28%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 1942, its biggest year
Macarthur was the 513th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1942 were James, Robert, John, William and Richard. See all of 1942.
Names that rose and fell with Macarthur
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Mcarthurpeak 1942
- Errolpeak 1941
- Ronnypeak 1947
- Dennypeak 1947
- Lannypeak 1949
- Gareypeak 1952
- Freddypeak 1947
- Sammypeak 1947
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.