Mcarthur
Mcarthur is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 357th, in 1942.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1942290 births
- Best rank
- #357in 1942
- Since 1912
- 2,275people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,275 boys have been named Mcarthur in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1942, with 290 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 290 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1951, and the 1940s alone account for 43%. It has spent 9 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Mcarthur | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 13 | |
| 1930s | 19 | |
| 1940s | 980 | |
| 1950s | 365 | |
| 1960s | 323 | |
| 1970s | 216 | |
| 1980s | 156 | |
| 1990s | 96 | |
| 2000s | 56 | |
| 2010s | 38 | |
| 2020s | 13 |
In 1942, its biggest year
Mcarthur was the 357th 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 Mcarthur
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Macarthurpeak 1942
- Lannypeak 1949
- Larrypeak 1947
- Errolpeak 1941
- Larriepeak 1943
- Gareypeak 1952
- Jerrypeak 1947
- Ronnypeak 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.