Macario
Macario was given to 30 boys in 2025, #3,718 among boys’ names; 2,824 Americans have been recorded with it since 1903 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,030 Americans named Macario and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (72% of everyone recorded); the median is 31 years old and half are between 15 and 51.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Macario by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Macario mean?
Wiktionary, Spanish section
Macario is “a male given name”
From Latin Macarius, from Ancient Greek Μακάριος (Makários).
/maˈkaɾjo/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Spanish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Macario?
#3,718 among boys’ names, 2025
Macario fell from #2,586 in 2015 to #3,718 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 25.0 to 17.6 per million.
50 babies in 2006, the peak
Macario peaked in 2006, when 50 boys were given it, #2,466 among boys’ names. The 30 births of 2025 are 60% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #3,718 | 17.6 |
| 2024 | 34 | #3,429 | 19.7 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,075 | 15.8 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,252 | 21.2 |
| 2021 | 42 | #2,948 | 24.0 |
| 2020 | 42 | #2,869 | 24.3 |
| 2019 | 40 | #3,031 | 22.3 |
| 2018 | 26 | #4,063 | 14.3 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,102 | 20.5 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,141 | 19.5 |
Every recorded year (113)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 48 | #2,586 | 25.0 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,428 | 16.7 |
| 2013 | 32 | #3,378 | 16.9 |
| 2012 | 37 | #3,087 | 19.5 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,599 | 11.1 |
| 2010 | 38 | #3,054 | 19.8 |
| 2009 | 33 | #3,377 | 16.6 |
| 2008 | 32 | #3,464 | 15.7 |
| 2007 | 41 | #2,900 | 19.8 |
| 2006 | 50 | #2,466 | 24.3 |
| 2005 | 45 | #2,509 | 22.5 |
| 2004 | 37 | #2,822 | 18.6 |
| 2003 | 31 | #3,080 | 15.7 |
| 2002 | 29 | #3,148 | 14.9 |
| 2001 | 29 | #3,107 | 14.9 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,146 | 9.7 |
| 1999 | 27 | #3,065 | 14.1 |
| 1998 | 37 | #2,371 | 19.4 |
| 1997 | 28 | #2,790 | 14.9 |
| 1996 | 27 | #2,797 | 14.3 |
| 1995 | 31 | #2,473 | 16.3 |
| 1994 | 19 | #3,537 | 9.8 |
| 1993 | 28 | #2,618 | 14.3 |
| 1992 | 30 | #2,438 | 15.0 |
| 1991 | 34 | #2,172 | 16.8 |
| 1990 | 21 | #3,014 | 10.2 |
| 1989 | 22 | #2,848 | 11.0 |
| 1988 | 31 | #2,070 | 16.2 |
| 1987 | 30 | #2,039 | 16.1 |
| 1986 | 22 | #2,472 | 11.9 |
| 1985 | 22 | #2,401 | 11.9 |
| 1984 | 27 | #2,012 | 15.0 |
| 1983 | 26 | #2,057 | 14.5 |
| 1982 | 23 | #2,245 | 12.7 |
| 1981 | 27 | #2,022 | 15.1 |
| 1980 | 35 | #1,681 | 19.6 |
| 1979 | 28 | #1,926 | 16.3 |
| 1978 | 30 | #1,781 | 18.3 |
| 1977 | 23 | #2,105 | 14.0 |
| 1976 | 22 | #2,148 | 14.0 |
| 1975 | 27 | #1,814 | 17.3 |
| 1974 | 23 | #1,960 | 14.6 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,089 | 12.8 |
| 1972 | 21 | #2,003 | 13.0 |
| 1971 | 19 | #2,177 | 10.7 |
| 1970 | 27 | #1,680 | 14.5 |
| 1969 | 21 | #1,841 | 11.7 |
| 1968 | 20 | #1,811 | 11.5 |
| 1967 | 18 | #1,877 | 10.3 |
| 1966 | 19 | #1,791 | 10.7 |
| 1965 | 15 | #2,137 | 8.1 |
| 1964 | 19 | #1,877 | 9.5 |
| 1963 | 18 | #1,936 | 8.9 |
| 1962 | 17 | #2,005 | 8.2 |
| 1961 | 18 | #1,978 | 8.5 |
| 1960 | 18 | #1,952 | 8.4 |
| 1959 | 25 | #1,610 | 11.7 |
| 1958 | 24 | #1,625 | 11.3 |
| 1957 | 13 | #2,339 | 6.0 |
| 1956 | 18 | #1,918 | 8.5 |
| 1955 | 17 | #1,942 | 8.3 |
| 1954 | 21 | #1,688 | 10.3 |
| 1953 | 25 | #1,540 | 12.7 |
| 1952 | 18 | #1,836 | 9.3 |
| 1951 | 16 | #1,947 | 8.5 |
| 1950 | 15 | #1,988 | 8.4 |
| 1949 | 17 | #1,855 | 9.6 |
| 1948 | 33 | #1,270 | 18.8 |
| 1947 | 26 | #1,468 | 14.2 |
| 1946 | 24 | #1,457 | 14.8 |
| 1945 | 24 | #1,367 | 17.8 |
| 1944 | 24 | #1,388 | 17.6 |
| 1943 | 14 | #2,044 | 9.8 |
| 1942 | 16 | #1,843 | 11.6 |
| 1941 | 17 | #1,730 | 13.8 |
| 1940 | 15 | #1,863 | 12.9 |
| 1939 | 14 | #1,930 | 12.6 |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,506 | 18.9 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,613 | 17.8 |
| 1936 | 24 | #1,376 | 23.1 |
| 1935 | 15 | #1,890 | 14.4 |
| 1934 | 29 | #1,258 | 28.1 |
| 1933 | 25 | #1,350 | 25.2 |
| 1932 | 33 | #1,193 | 31.6 |
| 1931 | 19 | #1,673 | 18.3 |
| 1930 | 33 | #1,247 | 30.1 |
| 1929 | 23 | #1,549 | 21.4 |
| 1928 | 29 | #1,370 | 26.2 |
| 1927 | 19 | #1,849 | 16.9 |
| 1926 | 35 | #1,236 | 31.5 |
| 1925 | 35 | #1,214 | 31.4 |
| 1924 | 49 | #1,014 | 43.3 |
| 1923 | 22 | #1,679 | 20.1 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,735 | 6.4 |
| 1921 | 21 | #1,745 | 19.1 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,543 | 11.3 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,452 | 12.2 |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,810 | 9.9 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,868 | 9.7 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,081 | 9.0 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,393 | 13.0 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,565 | 7.6 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,085 | 50.3 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Macario a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Macario has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 113 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Macario: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Macario, and how old are they?
2,030 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 72% of the 2,824 Americans ever recorded as Macario. The median Macario alive today is 31 years old; half are between 15 and 51.
The 2020 Census counted 3,922 people named Macario (16 women and girls, 3,906 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,951 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.0 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 68 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 249 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 327 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 399 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 525 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 462 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Macario born?
The states with the most babies named Macario are Texas, California and New Mexico, with 98% of its births recorded by state since 1910; New Mexico is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1,048 | not ranked | 4.7× |
| California | 463 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| New Mexico | 27 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Arizona | 16 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Florida | 10 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Georgia | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Michigan | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Macario is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Macario is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 4.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Macario with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 5,126 babies since 1880, Macario is the most given (55% of them). In 2025 it was given to 30 of their 325 babies (9.2%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Macario
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Macario and names like it
- Compare Macario and MakariBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sMacario peaked in 2006.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Macario since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Macario: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2006The year the most babies were named Macario.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Macario alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with MMost given first.