Macarthur
Boy · muh-KAR-thur · Scottish
Macarthur is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “son of Arthur”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Macarthur mean?
Scottish: Scottish surname, Gaelic Mac Artair
“son of Arthur”
A Scottish clan surname meaning son of Arthur, associated with the US general Douglas MacArthur.
- Say it
- muh-KAR-thur
Is Macarthur a girl's or a boy's name?
Macarthur is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Macarthur in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Macarthur, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 1942, with 142 boys. It first appears in the records in 1941.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Macarthur than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Macarthur in the US since 1880 were born between 1947 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Macarthur in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,733 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,105 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 18 | #2,616 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,928 |
| 1977 | 18 | #2,458 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,708 |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,749 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,547 |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,855 |
| 1972 | 16 | #2,323 |
| 1971 | 20 | #2,051 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,398 |
| 1969 | 17 | #2,045 |
| 1968 | 15 | #2,108 |
| 1967 | 22 | #1,651 |
| 1966 | 17 | #1,890 |
| 1965 | 12 | #2,364 |
| 1964 | 13 | #2,309 |
| 1963 | 20 | #1,791 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 11 | #2,533 |
| 1959 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,557 |
| 1954 | 9 | #2,742 |
| 1953 | 16 | #1,957 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,009 |
| 1951 | 30 | #1,343 |
| 1950 | 16 | #1,878 |
| 1949 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,217 |
| 1947 | 24 | #1,518 |
| 1946 | 25 | #1,408 |
| 1945 | 35 | #1,102 |
| 1944 | 38 | #1,070 |
| 1943 | 60 | #856 |
| 1942 | 142 | #512 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
Nicknames for Macarthur
- Mac 64 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Macarthur
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