Macara
Macará is a city in the Loja Province of Ecuador. It is the seat of the Macará Canton and is located on the border between Ecuador and Peru.
Meaning & Origin of Macara
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Macará is a city in the Loja Province of Ecuador. It is the seat of the Macará Canton and is located on the border between Ecuador and Peru.
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The Story of Macara
Macara first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 2000, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2000, when 5 Macaras were born — ranking #15,031 that year. As of 2026, Macara ranks #15,031 for baby girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 5 Macaras have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
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About the name Macara
Macara is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2000 and has accumulated 5 births in the dataset. Macara's peak popularity came in 2000 when it ranked #15,031. Use the chart and map above to compare Macara's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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