Manley

Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821

Peak · boys
1897 · 15 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,251
since 1880

Manley over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Manley has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201896peak #515, 1897boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023#10,8216
2022#12,3305
2021
2020#9,5547
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015#10,6446
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008#12,5535
2007#12,3675
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002#8,4567
2001
2000#9,1126
1999#7,1398
1998
1997#9,2655
1996
1995
1994
1993#6,8167
1992#5,6609
1991#8,2365
1990#6,4157
1989#3,44616
1988#4,7869
1987#4,9688
1986
1985
1984
1983#4,4998
1982#3,69211
1981#4,9617
1980#3,83810
1979#3,56911
1978
1977
1976#2,94613
1975#3,24611
1974#4,6346
1973#3,6948
1972#3,6228
1971#3,14610
1970#2,12518
1969#3,9356
1968#3,3657
1967#3,5596
1966#2,04315
1965#3,5376
1964#1,90018
1963#3,0448
1962#2,18614
1961#2,53811
1960#2,42312
1959#2,41412
1958#1,55725
1957#1,67323
1956#1,72221
1955#1,57224
1954#1,49626
1953#1,50825
1952#1,80418
1951#1,40728
1950#1,34029
1949#1,87216
1948#1,46025
1947#1,36329
1946#1,50922
1945#1,00640
1944#1,40023
1943#1,36826
1942#1,19334
1941#1,25428
1940#1,18332
1939#1,32325
1938#1,17131
1937#1,16832
1936#1,02838
1935#1,12334
1934#1,18931
1933#1,45622
1932#1,38725
1931#1,11137
1930#1,23533
1929#1,09440
1928#1,03145
1927#81167
1926#1,05044
1925#95650
1924#1,02048
1923#96151
1922#95853
1921#95354
1920#98748
1919#97348
1918#84161
1917#80461
1916#92247
1915#83254
1914#94934
1913#95027
1912#1,05919
1911#92513
1910#78215
1909#1,1557
1908#1,0218
1907#1,3455
1906#1,0047
1905#1,0916
1904#56616
1903#1,1305
1902#1,0136
1901
1900#9688
1899#61311
1898#8048
1897#51515
1896#7789
1895
1894#9546
1893
1892#7928
1891#7008
1890#6679
1889#62810
1888#64810
1887#6319
1886
1885#6419
1884#6639
1883#8925
1882#57611
1881
1880#6828
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Manley was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Manley
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 564 spots in 1904 (#1,130#566)
  • Biggest drop: 525 spots in 1905 (#566#1,091)
Rise & fade · boys
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1897 at #515 (15 births)
  • Births halved by 1901, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 33 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1913–1923
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,517
  • Highest: 1 in 7,517 boys born in 1897 were named Manley (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 285,096 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 22.2% of all boys named Manley (500) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s71#576 (1882)#670
1890s74#515 (1897)#728
1900s68#566 (1904)#1,033
1910s379#782 (1910)#904
1920s500#811 (1927)#982
1930s308#1,028 (1936)#1,219
1940s275#1,006 (1945)#1,361
1950s231#1,340 (1950)#1,649
1960s103#1,900 (1964)#2,853
1970s85#2,125 (1970)#3,373
1980s69#3,446 (1989)#4,313
1990s41#5,660 (1992)#7,255
2000s23#8,456 (2002)#10,622
2010s6#10,644 (2015)#10,644
2020s18#9,554 (2020)#10,902

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Manley in 1896

boys
#778
9 births · 1 in 13,285 boys

Top boys' names in 1896

  1. #1John8,138
  2. #2William7,747
  3. #3James5,206
  4. #4George4,286
  5. #5Charles3,639
  6. #6Joseph3,051
  7. #7Frank2,845
  8. #8Robert2,719
  9. #9Edward2,296
  10. #10Henry2,183
  11. #778Manley9
More about 1896

boys

119,565 boys got a published name in 1896; 1 in 13,285 of them was named Manley, which outranked 38.5% of the 1,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Manley
  1. #722Travis10
  2. #722Westley10
  3. #722Willam10
  4. #778Manley9
  5. #778Alf9
  6. #778Arley9
  7. #778Artie9
  8. #826Algie8
  9. #826Arlington8
  10. #826Asbury8

Tied with 47 names at #778; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1895
Risers
  1. 533Hobert#795#262
  2. 528Cicero#1,079#551
  3. 528Earley#1,079#551
  4. 516Tomas#978#462
  5. 492Bryant#872#380
Fallers
  1. 572Talmage#529#1,101
  2. 545Bernie#556#1,101
  3. 545Mathias#556#1,101
  4. 522Orlando#579#1,101
  5. 522Rogers#579#1,101

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1896