Mcarthur

Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239

Peak · boys
1942 · 290 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,275
since 1912

Mcarthur over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Mcarthur has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201943peak #357, 1942boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023#12,2395
2022#8,9908
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015#12,0865
2014#8,7818
2013#6,60312
2012
2011#9,6007
2010#10,7666
2009
2008
2007#10,9216
2006#7,9989
2005#10,1516
2004#11,3565
2003#10,8945
2002#6,52210
2001#8,3397
2000#7,4168
1999#9,9125
1998#8,4796
1997#5,64210
1996#9,0155
1995#7,7926
1994#5,10911
1993#6,2288
1992#4,87211
1991#2,98921
1990#4,16713
1989#2,98920
1988#3,91512
1987#2,94217
1986#3,88211
1985#3,07015
1984#3,10714
1983#3,88410
1982#2,97215
1981#2,13824
1980#2,61718
1979#3,35712
1978#2,01224
1977#2,66516
1976#3,09512
1975#2,75114
1974#2,45916
1973#1,61229
1972#1,72126
1971#1,37838
1970#1,58229
1969#1,44031
1968#1,28235
1967#1,50726
1966#1,48427
1965#1,25437
1964#1,12646
1963#1,16544
1962#1,36733
1961#1,77821
1960#1,69223
1959#1,41631
1958#2,09315
1957#1,45729
1956#1,51127
1955#1,39630
1954#1,33332
1953#1,37830
1952#1,13642
1951#80676
1950#94853
1949#94653
1948#1,04745
1947#87064
1946#70086
1945#567113
1944#528133
1943#470173
1942#357290
1941#1,90314
1940#2,4789
1939
1938#3,1756
1937
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1935
1934#2,9737
1933
1932#3,3616
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1918#3,7286
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1912#2,0457
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five boys were named Mcarthur! It came in at #2,045, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1913–1917, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Mcarthur
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 1,546 spots in 1942 (#1,903#357)
  • Biggest drop: 330 spots in 1952 (#806#1,136)
Rise & fade · boys
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1942 at #357 (290 births)
  • Births halved by 1944, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1942–1947
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,763
  • Highest: 1 in 4,763 boys born in 1942 were named Mcarthur (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 342,115 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1940s
  • 43.1% of all boys named Mcarthur (980) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s13#2,045 (1912)#2,887
1920s0
1930s19#2,973 (1934)#3,170
1940s980#357 (1942)#987
1950s365#806 (1951)#1,347
1960s323#1,126 (1964)#1,410
1970s216#1,378 (1971)#2,263
1980s156#2,138 (1981)#3,152
1990s96#2,989 (1991)#6,421
2000s56#6,522 (2002)#9,200
2010s38#6,603 (2013)#9,567
2020s13#8,990 (2022)#10,615

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Mcarthur in 1943

boys
#470
173 births · 1 in 8,250 boys

Top boys' names in 1943

  1. #1James80,278
  2. #2Robert74,892
  3. #3John68,929
  4. #4William55,904
  5. #5Richard46,339
  6. #6David37,240
  7. #7Charles36,632
  8. #8Thomas32,874
  9. #9Ronald29,239
  10. #10Michael24,745
  11. #470Mcarthur173
More about 1943

boys

1,427,297 boys got a published name in 1943; 1 in 8,250 of them was named Mcarthur, which outranked 88.4% of the 4,040 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mcarthur
  1. #466Melvyn177
  2. #466Ward177
  3. #469Armand174
  4. #470Mcarthur173
  5. #470Bradford173
  6. #472Russel172
  7. #473Monte171
  8. #473Riley171

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1942
Risers
  1. 514Derek#1,228#714
  2. 465Armond#1,421#956
  3. 368Les#1,214#846
  4. 347Aron#1,244#897
  5. 321Edsel#1,167#846
Fallers
  1. 500Humberto#780#1,280
  2. 352Chauncey#928#1,280
  3. 352Clearence#991#1,343
  4. 344Macarthur#512#856
  5. 325Reyes#933#1,258

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1943