Macarena
Girl · mah-kah-REH-nah · Spanish
Macarena is a girls' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,264th for girls in the US (33 babies).
What does Macarena mean?
Spanish: from a title of the Virgin Mary in Seville
Taken from La Macarena, the much-loved statue of the Virgin Mary in the Macarena district of Seville.
- Say it
- mah-kah-REH-nah
Is Macarena a girl's or a boy's name?
Macarena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 33 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Macarena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,264among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 33about 1 in 49,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 151% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 33 girls in the US were named Macarena, making it the 4,264th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 38 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Macarena in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Macarena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #4,264 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,892 |
| 2023 | 32 | #4,361 |
| 2022 | 28 | #4,790 |
| 2021 | 33 | #4,241 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
Nicknames for Macarena
- Maca
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