Boys' name · since 1942
Macarther
10 babies named Macarther in U.S. Social Security records since 1942, with the highest year being 1942. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #35,249 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 10
- born since 1942
- 1940s
- peak decade
Macarther is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 10 have been recorded since 1942.
Macarther has 10 recorded births among boys since 1942, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1942 to 1942.
- #35,249 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 10 born since 1942
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Macarther ranks #35,249 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 10 born since 1942, peaking in the 1940s.
- #35,249 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 10
- born since 1942
- 1940s
- peak decade
Macarther's 10 recorded births place it above 21.08% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Macarther popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–1942
- Peak year (1942)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 1 years of records
Macarther by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (10 births, 100% of the file).
1940s was Macarther's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Macarther births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 10 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Macarther: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1942–1942 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Macarther draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.