Makarios

#8,659 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Macario

Makarios has been given to 129 babies in the U.S. since 1974. In 2025 it ranked #8,659 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2014, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Makarios, 2025

1 in 368,000

Makarios 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Makarios: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Macario

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Makarios means

Makarios is a form of Macario.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Makarios → Macario → Μακάριος. The family’s meaning is “blessed, happy, fortunate”, recorded in Ancient Greek with the source elements makários.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Macario.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 129 boys were recorded with the name Makarios between 1974 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2014; its best national rank was #5,007 in 1974.

Over 10 years its rank rose, from #13,298 in 2015 to #8,659 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Makarios?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 368,000; 9 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 190,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #8,659; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 255,323 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Makarios 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 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Makarios. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Makarioss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Makarios was born before 2014 — so the typical Makarios is around 11 today.

Median birth year: 2014; About 11 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 38.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 95.3%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 129; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 38.8% of all recorded uses (50).

Is Makarios 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: +1,868; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: +4,639; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.80×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 69.2%; Peak was 2014 (13)
Years since peak: 11; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 27.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,007; 1974

Spellings of Makarios

Makarios is not the most common spelling — Macario is, with 46.2% against Makarios's 2.1%.

Macario46.2%2,824
Makari29.7%1,815
Makaio21.9%1,338
Makarios2.1%129

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.

Makarios around the world

Where Makarios ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2015–2015
#4,747
in 2015

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Makarios by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #8,659
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #5,007; 1974
Peak year: 2014; 13 that year
First recorded: 1974
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 129
Count in 2025: 9

Names similar to Makarios

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

Makaveli Makaius Makhari Makeen Makaiah Makenzie Makayla Makahi Makaii Makya Stelios Makani Makar Makbel Makarri Makyle Makonnen Makail Makana Makiah Alexios Maksym Makoto Makayden

Sibling names for Makarios

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

Annabell Abagail Rhianna Adelle Kendyl Anabel Hayleigh Jaiden

For a brother

Aaden Kale Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Gavyn Caesar

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