Makarios
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mah-KAH-ree-ohs
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Makarios is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “blessed”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Makarios mean?
Greek: from Greek makarios
“blessed”
Archbishop Makarios III became the first president of Cyprus in 1960, after independence from Britain.
Is Makarios a girl's or a boy's name?
Makarios is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Makarios in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Makarios, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2014, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the boys named Makarios in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Makarios in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
Names like Makarios
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ares, Memphis, Atreus, Leonidas, Luca, Maximus, Atlas, Thiago, Mathias, Silas, Alessandro, Perseus
Names related to Makarios
More Greek names
Theodore, Sophia, 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, “Makarios: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/makarios, updated 20 October 2026.