How rare is the name Macario?

3,922 people in the United States have the first name Macario, about 1 in 77,010. It ranks #4,665 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MACARIO

#4,665

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,922
About
1 in 77,010
This common or more
84.3%
Who bears it

Of the 3,922 people named Macario, 86.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 8.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 2.1% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Macario peaked in 2006, when 50 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19032025
Peak year
2006
Births that year
50
In 2025*
30 ▼40%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 2,824 babies have been given the name since 1903. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Macario by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #2,825. The largest share of babies named Macario, 18.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1900s#4,6306
1910s#5,58755
1920s#3,001252
1930s#2,825232
1940s#3,301210
1950s#4,036192
1960s#4,612183
1970s#4,747240
1980s#5,288265
1990s#6,302282
2000s#6,899346
2010s#7,211349
2020s#7,111212
Greatest Generation 1901–279.2%
Silent Generation 1928–4514%
Baby boom 1946–6413.5%
Generation X 1965–8013%
Millennials 1981–9614.9%
Generation Z 1997–1218.9%
2013 and later16.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Macario

#4,663 Marylynn · 3,924#4,663 Samar · 3,924#4,666 Walt · 3,920#4,667 Bethann · 3,919

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Macario, most common first.

#12,505 Macaria · 994#17,394 Makari · 635

Also a last name

As a last name, Macario ranks #13,903 of 156,621, with 2,078 people. See Macario as a last name

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