Manley

Where Manley comes from

Manley hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #682 among boys — 8 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1886
    Manley Ottmer Hudson born
    lawyer for public international law
  3. 1896
    Manley Angell James born
    English military officer (1896–1975); recipient of the Victoria Cross
  4. 1897
    Peak, #515
    15 babies named Manley — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1901
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Manley Ottmer Hudson · lawyer for public international law, 1886–1960
  • Manley Angell James · English military officer (1896–1975); recipient of the Victoria Cross, 1896–1975
  • Manley Dixon · British Royal Navy admiral, 1760–1837
  • Manley Justin Edwards · Canadian politician, 1892–1962
  • Manley Hall Dixon · British Royal Navy admiral, 1786–1864

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.