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How popular is “Macarthur” in the USA?

Number of people named “Macarthur” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Macarthur” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Macarthur” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Macarthur” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Macarthur” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Macarthur” by birth year

This chart shows how “Macarthur” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1941 5 0.000002052 5 -100%
1942 142 0.00005198 142 -100%
1943 60 0.000021257 60 -100%
1944 38 0.000014126 38 -100%
1945 35 0.000013193 35 -100%
1946 25 0.000007824 25 -100%
1947 24 0.000006662 24 -100%
1948 12 0.000003476 12 -100%
1949 16 0.000004591 16 -100%
1950 16 0.000004567 16 -100%
1951 30 0.000008144 30 -100%
1952 15 0.000003949 15 -100%
1953 16 0.000004152 16 -100%
1954 9 0.000002261 9 -100%
1955 10 0.000002491 10 -100%
1956 5 0.000001213 5 -100%
1957 10 0.00000238 10 -100%
1958 8 0.000001935 8 -100%
1959 12 0.000002886 12 -100%
1960 11 0.000002648 11 -100%
1961 11 0.000002656 11 -100%
1962 10 0.000002478 10 -100%
1963 20 0.000005053 20 -100%
1964 13 0.000003344 13 -100%
1965 12 0.00000331 12 -100%
1966 17 0.000004891 17 -100%
1967 22 0.00000648 22 -100%
1968 15 0.00000444 15 -100%
1969 17 0.000004892 17 -100%
1970 15 0.000004159 15 -100%
1971 20 0.000005827 20 -100%
1972 16 0.000005091 16 -100%
1973 12 0.000003978 12 -100%
1974 15 0.000004934 15 -100%
1975 14 0.000004637 14 -100%
1976 15 0.000004943 15 -100%
1977 18 0.000005667 18 -100%
1978 14 0.000004411 14 -100%
1979 12 0.000003607 12 -100%
1980 18 0.000005226 18 -100%
1981 6 0.000001734 6 -100%
1982 13 0.000003706 13 -100%
1983 8 0.00000231 8 -100%
1984 14 0.000004013 14 -100%
1985 6 0.000001681 6 -100%
1986 9 0.00000253 9 -100%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 -100%
1988 14 0.000003789 14 -100%
1989 14 0.000003642 14 -100%
1990 9 0.000002277 9 -100%
1991 15 0.000003851 15 -100%
1992 9 0.000002343 9 -100%
1993 8 0.000002122 8 -100%
1994 10 0.00000269 10 -100%
1995 6 0.000001638 6 -100%
1996 11 0.000003016 11 -100%
1997 18 0.000004964 18 -100%
1998 10 0.000002719 10 -100%
1999 14 0.00000379 14 -100%
2000 9 0.000002381 9 -100%
2001 9 0.000002404 9 -100%
2002 9 0.000002408 9 -100%
2003 10 0.00000263 10 -100%
2004 8 0.000002094 8 -100%
2005 7 0.000001821 7 -100%
2006 12 0.000003033 12 -100%
2007 13 0.000003252 13 -100%
2008 9 0.00000229 9 -100%
2009 12 0.000003141 12 -100%
2010 11 0.000002976 11 -100%
2011 10 0.000002734 10 -100%
2012 18 0.000004922 18 -100%
2014 14 0.000003777 14 -100%
2015 14 0.000003783 14 -100%
2016 14 0.000003816 14 -100%
2017 18 0.000005033 18 -100%
2018 17 0.000004835 17 -100%
2019 13 0.000003745 13 -100%
2020 17 0.000005089 17 -100%
2021 10 0.000002952 10 -100%
2022 9 0.00000266 9 -100%
2023 8 0.000002416 8 -100%
2024 7 0.000002103 7 -100%

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