Macarthur
Macarthur is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Macarthur
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Macarthur is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Macarthur
Macarthur first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1941, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1942: 142 births, good for #512 nationwide. About 28% of every Macarthur on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. As of 2025, Macarthur ranks #7,918 for baby boys with 6 births, falling sharply (-50%). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
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About the name Macarthur
Macarthur is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1941 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Macarthur's peak popularity came in 1942 when it ranked #512. Use the chart and map above to compare Macarthur's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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