Macarena is a girl's name of Spanish origin meaning “blessed, happy.” In 2024 it was given to 38 girls in the United States.
Macarena at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Spanish
Meaning
“blessed, happy”
Pronunciation
/ˌmækəˈɹeɪnə/
About the name Macarena
Macarena belongs to the Spanish tradition. Its meaning — “blessed, happy” — is the sense carried by its Spanish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Macarena first appears in Social Security records in 1971. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #3923 in 2024, and in 2024 38 babies received the name — 303 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.