Girls' name · since 1971
Macarena
Macarena has 336 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,996 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,297 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 336
- born since 1971
- 2020s
- peak decade
336 babies have been named Macarena since 1971, making it today's #4297 girls' name.
Macarena has 336 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4297 as of the latest data, more common than 75% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2025.
- #14,996 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,297 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 336 born since 1971
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Macarena ranks #14,996 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,297 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 336 born since 1971, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,996 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,297 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 336
- born since 1971
- 2020s
- peak decade
Macarena's 336 recorded births place it above 79.25% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Macarena compares
336 47th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Macarena's all-time total is 11% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Macarena | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 336 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 38 | 21 | 19,840 |
Macarena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Macarena splits its recorded history at 2004: 72% of all births land in the more recent half, 28% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1971 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 38 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Macarena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 38
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Macarena by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (181 births, 54% of the file).
2020s was Macarena's strongest decade.
181 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Macarena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 17
1970s
17 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s 40
1990s
40 births
- 2000s 56
2000s
56 births
- 2010s 32
2010s
32 births
- 2020s
2020s
181 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 181 births (54% of all-time use).
Macarena by state
Where Macarena concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
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- Florida records the most Macarenas (64 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Macarena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~54 yrs)
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, 1971–2025 (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 Macarena 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.