Macarthur
#4,109 most common boys' name of all time · #10,063 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1941–2025
Rank among boys
#4,109
Rank overall
#10,063 of 105,966
First appeared
1941
Years on the list
84 of 146
All-time
1,291
Since 2016
119
Peak year
1942 #517
Best rank
#517 1942
Girls
Boys
peak 142/yr
Macarthur first appears in 1941. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,871 |
| 2024 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,053 |
| 2023 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,049 |
| 2022 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,427 |
| 2021 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,685 |
| 2020 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,280 |
| 2019 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,475 |
| 2018 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,373 |
| 2017 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,152 |
| 2016 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,108 |
| 2015 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,050 |
| 2014 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,055 |
| 2012 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,076 |
| 2011 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,604 |
| 2010 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,165 |
| 2009 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,894 |
| 2008 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,453 |
| 2007 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2006 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,553 |
| 2005 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,302 |
| 2004 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,294 |
| 2003 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,831 |
| 2002 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,184 |
| 2001 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,058 |
| 2000 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,965 |
| 1999 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,835 |
| 1998 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,945 |
| 1997 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,775 |
| 1996 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,277 |
| 1995 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,026 |
| 1994 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,578 |
| 1993 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,388 |
| 1992 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,782 |
| 1991 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,884 |
| 1990 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,508 |
| 1989 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,885 |
| 1988 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,596 |
| 1987 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,138 |
| 1986 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,604 |
| 1985 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,999 |
| 1984 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,182 |
| 1983 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,658 |
| 1982 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,369 |
| 1981 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,756 |
| 1980 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,678 |
| 1979 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1978 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,000 |
| 1977 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,520 |
| 1976 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,778 |
| 1975 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,836 |
| 1974 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,619 |
| 1973 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,952 |
| 1972 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,382 |
| 1971 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,096 |
| 1970 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,475 |
| 1969 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,116 |
| 1968 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,176 |
| 1967 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,697 |
| 1966 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,953 |
| 1965 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,448 |
| 1964 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,391 |
| 1963 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,832 |
| 1962 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,820 |
| 1961 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,671 |
| 1960 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,658 |
| 1959 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,508 |
| 1958 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,231 |
| 1957 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,791 |
| 1956 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,322 |
| 1955 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,731 |
| 1954 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,920 |
| 1953 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,033 |
| 1952 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,069 |
| 1951 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,371 |
| 1950 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,939 |
| 1949 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,936 |
| 1948 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,321 |
| 1947 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,554 |
| 1946 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,439 |
| 1945 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,121 |
| 1944 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,084 |
| 1943 | — | 60 | 60 | #868 |
| 1942 | — | 142 | 142 | #517 |
| 1941 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,995 |