Macarius

#9,392 in 2025Boys' name

Blessed, happy, fortunate, through Μακάριος

Macarius has been given to 156 babies in the U.S. since 2005. In 2025 it ranked #9,392 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2012, with 21 recorded.

Babies named Macarius, 2025

1 in 414,000

Macarius over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Macarius: meaning, origin, and history

Blessed, happy, fortunate, through Μακάριος

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Macarius means

Macarius belongs to the name family reached through Macarius → Μακάριος. Its meaning is “blessed, happy, fortunate”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Latin Macarius, from Ancient Greek Μακάριος (Makários).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Macarius (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Origin, language, and formation

Macarius is used in English.

Macarius comes through Latin Macarius and Ancient Greek Μακάριος.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Μακάριος.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 156 boys were recorded with the name Macarius between 2005 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 21 in 2012; its best national rank was #4,617 in 2012.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,313 in 2020 to #9,392 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #7,355 in 2015 to #9,392 in 2025.

How common is Macarius?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 414,000; 8 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 213,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #9,392; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 287,238 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Macarius sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Macarius. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Macariuss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Macarius was born before 2015 — so the typical Macarius is around 10 today.

Median birth year: 2015; About 10 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 67.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 156; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 67.9% of all recorded uses (106).

Is Macarius rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +129; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: −2,079; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −2,037; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.73×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 38.1%; Peak was 2012 (21)
Years since peak: 13; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 27.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,617; 2012

Spellings of Macarius

Macarius is not the most common spelling — Ladarius is, with 22.6% against Macarius's 0.77%.

Ladarius22.6%4,548
Macario14.0%2,824
Marius13.2%2,654
Jamarius9.1%1,822
Damarius7.7%1,544
Jadarius7.4%1,482
Adarius6.6%1,321
Zacarias5.6%1,132

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Macarius by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #9,392
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 2,079
Best rank ever: #4,617; 2012
Peak year: 2012; 21 that year
First recorded: 2005
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 156
Count in 2025: 8

Names similar to Macarius

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Macauley Macaulay Macklan Maclane Macklen Macallan Mackinnon Lazarius Mackson Macintyre Aquarius Macklyn Mackenzy Macrae Maclan Macksen Maclain Maciah Maclovio Macari Arcadius Zacharius Macdonald Macguire

Sibling names for Macarius

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Abagail Annabell Rhianna Adelle Kendyl Hayleigh Jaiden Shaniya

For a brother

Aaden Kale Brennen Jerimiah Jorden Gavyn Tobin Jarod

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