Macaria
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mah-KAH-ree-ah
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Macaria is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “blessed”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Macaria mean?
Greek: feminine of Macarius, from Greek makarios
“blessed”
Feminine of Macarius; in Greek myth Makaria, a daughter of Heracles, sacrificed herself to secure victory for her family.
Is Macaria a girl's or a boy's name?
Macaria is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Macaria in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Macaria, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2006, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the girls named Macaria in the US since 1880 were born between 1937 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Macaria in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,374 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,108 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,566 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,343 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,193 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,559 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,707 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,115 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,349 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
Names like Macaria
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sophia Magnolia Lucia Amelia Ariana Mariana Octavia Julia Rosalia Amaria Melania Cecilia
Names related to Macaria
More Greek names
Luca Theodore George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Macaria: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/macaria, updated 20 October 2026.