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Mcarthur
OriginScottish
Meaning"son of Arthur"
US RankUnranked
Below 5 births
About Mcarthur
The Mc and Mac surnames are asserting themselves as first names and this is one of the most popular. Though outside the U.S. Top 1000, it's among the fastest rising names for boys.
And why not? McArthur or Mcarthur (or the Mac version of the name) makes a perfect honorific for an ancestral Arthur and leads directly to the nicknames Mac or Art.
Pronounced muk-AR-thur.
As of October 2026, Mcarthur ranked #13471 in US births in 2023 SSA, peaked at #357 in 1942.
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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