Mcarthur
- Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
- Peak · boys
- 1942 · 290 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,275since 1912
Mcarthur over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Mcarthur has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #8,990 | 8 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | #6,603 | 12 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #7,998 | 9 |
| 2005 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #6,522 | 10 |
| 2001 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #5,642 | 10 |
| 1996 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #5,109 | 11 |
| 1993 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #2,989 | 21 |
| 1990 | #4,167 | 13 |
| 1989 | #2,989 | 20 |
| 1988 | #3,915 | 12 |
| 1987 | #2,942 | 17 |
| 1986 | #3,882 | 11 |
| 1985 | #3,070 | 15 |
| 1984 | #3,107 | 14 |
| 1983 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #2,972 | 15 |
| 1981 | #2,138 | 24 |
| 1980 | #2,617 | 18 |
| 1979 | #3,357 | 12 |
| 1978 | #2,012 | 24 |
| 1977 | #2,665 | 16 |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 12 |
| 1975 | #2,751 | 14 |
| 1974 | #2,459 | 16 |
| 1973 | #1,612 | 29 |
| 1972 | #1,721 | 26 |
| 1971 | #1,378 | 38 |
| 1970 | #1,582 | 29 |
| 1969 | #1,440 | 31 |
| 1968 | #1,282 | 35 |
| 1967 | #1,507 | 26 |
| 1966 | #1,484 | 27 |
| 1965 | #1,254 | 37 |
| 1964 | #1,126 | 46 |
| 1963 | #1,165 | 44 |
| 1962 | #1,367 | 33 |
| 1961 | #1,778 | 21 |
| 1960 | #1,692 | 23 |
| 1959 | #1,416 | 31 |
| 1958 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1957 | #1,457 | 29 |
| 1956 | #1,511 | 27 |
| 1955 | #1,396 | 30 |
| 1954 | #1,333 | 32 |
| 1953 | #1,378 | 30 |
| 1952 | #1,136 | 42 |
| 1951 | #806 | 76 |
| 1950 | #948 | 53 |
| 1949 | #946 | 53 |
| 1948 | #1,047 | 45 |
| 1947 | #870 | 64 |
| 1946 | #700 | 86 |
| 1945 | #567 | 113 |
| 1944 | #528 | 133 |
| 1943 | #470 | 173 |
| 1942 | #357 | 290 |
| 1941 | #1,903 | 14 |
| 1940 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,175 | 6 |
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| 1934 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,361 | 6 |
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| 1918 | #3,728 | 6 |
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| 1912 | #2,045 | 7 |
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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.
Where Mcarthur is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Mcarthur in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 1,546 spots in 1942
- Biggest drop: 330 spots in 1952
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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 13 | #2,045 (1912) | #2,887 |
| 1920s | 0 | — | — |
| 1930s | 19 | #2,973 (1934) | #3,170 |
| 1940s | 980 | #357 (1942) | #987 |
| 1950s | 365 | #806 (1951) | #1,347 |
| 1960s | 323 | #1,126 (1964) | #1,410 |
| 1970s | 216 | #1,378 (1971) | #2,263 |
| 1980s | 156 | #2,138 (1981) | #3,152 |
| 1990s | 96 | #2,989 (1991) | #6,421 |
| 2000s | 56 | #6,522 (2002) | #9,200 |
| 2010s | 38 | #6,603 (2013) | #9,567 |
| 2020s | 13 | #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.
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