boy's name

Makar

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 323

Ireland

#831

2024 births

Makar is a boy's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 22 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2024, when 24 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 150,716 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 2008.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Makar over time

Births per decade in the United States, 2000s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Makar by decade in the United States
Decade Births
2000s 5
2010s 104
2020s (to 2025) 104

How popular is Makar?

In 2025, Makar was given to 22 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Makar is used

Ireland #831 3 in 2024
Canada #2,908 6 in 2024
United States #4,545 22 in 2025
France #5,328 5 in 2024
England & Wales #5,662 3 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Makar

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Makar also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Makar over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Makar

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Makar — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Makar

How popular is the name Makar?

In 2025, Makar was given to 22 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Makar a girl's or a boy's name?

Makar is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Makar?

Makar has 2 syllables.

When was Makar most popular?

Makar peaked in 2024, when 24 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Makar a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Makar currently ranks #2,908 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.