Manley
Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821
- Peak · boys
- 1897 · 15 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,251since 1880
Manley over time
Rank among boys' names. Manley has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #3,446 | 16 |
| 1988 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #3,838 | 10 |
| 1979 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,946 | 13 |
| 1975 | #3,246 | 11 |
| 1974 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #2,125 | 18 |
| 1969 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #2,043 | 15 |
| 1965 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #1,900 | 18 |
| 1963 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1961 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | #2,423 | 12 |
| 1959 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1958 | #1,557 | 25 |
| 1957 | #1,673 | 23 |
| 1956 | #1,722 | 21 |
| 1955 | #1,572 | 24 |
| 1954 | #1,496 | 26 |
| 1953 | #1,508 | 25 |
| 1952 | #1,804 | 18 |
| 1951 | #1,407 | 28 |
| 1950 | #1,340 | 29 |
| 1949 | #1,872 | 16 |
| 1948 | #1,460 | 25 |
| 1947 | #1,363 | 29 |
| 1946 | #1,509 | 22 |
| 1945 | #1,006 | 40 |
| 1944 | #1,400 | 23 |
| 1943 | #1,368 | 26 |
| 1942 | #1,193 | 34 |
| 1941 | #1,254 | 28 |
| 1940 | #1,183 | 32 |
| 1939 | #1,323 | 25 |
| 1938 | #1,171 | 31 |
| 1937 | #1,168 | 32 |
| 1936 | #1,028 | 38 |
| 1935 | #1,123 | 34 |
| 1934 | #1,189 | 31 |
| 1933 | #1,456 | 22 |
| 1932 | #1,387 | 25 |
| 1931 | #1,111 | 37 |
| 1930 | #1,235 | 33 |
| 1929 | #1,094 | 40 |
| 1928 | #1,031 | 45 |
| 1927 | #811 | 67 |
| 1926 | #1,050 | 44 |
| 1925 | #956 | 50 |
| 1924 | #1,020 | 48 |
| 1923 | #961 | 51 |
| 1922 | #958 | 53 |
| 1921 | #953 | 54 |
| 1920 | #987 | 48 |
| 1919 | #973 | 48 |
| 1918 | #841 | 61 |
| 1917 | #804 | 61 |
| 1916 | #922 | 47 |
| 1915 | #832 | 54 |
| 1914 | #949 | 34 |
| 1913 | #950 | 27 |
| 1912 | #1,059 | 19 |
| 1911 | #925 | 13 |
| 1910 | #782 | 15 |
| 1909 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | #1,021 | 8 |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,004 | 7 |
| 1905 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | #566 | 16 |
| 1903 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | #1,013 | 6 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #968 | 8 |
| 1899 | #613 | 11 |
| 1898 | #804 | 8 |
| 1897 | #515 | 15 |
| 1896 | #778 | 9 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #954 | 6 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #792 | 8 |
| 1891 | #700 | 8 |
| 1890 | #667 | 9 |
| 1889 | #628 | 10 |
| 1888 | #648 | 10 |
| 1887 | #631 | 9 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #641 | 9 |
| 1884 | #663 | 9 |
| 1883 | #892 | 5 |
| 1882 | #576 | 11 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #682 | 8 |
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.
Where Manley is popular in 1917
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Minnesota#282 · 1 in 2,702
- Michigan#337 · 1 in 4,193
- North Carolina#494 · 1 in 5,288
Best ever in a state: #150 in Maine, 1927.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Minnesota | #282 | 7 | 1 in 2,702 |
| Michigan | #337 | 7 | 1 in 4,193 |
| North Carolina | #494 | 5 | 1 in 5,288 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Manley
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1897 at #515 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1913–1923
- 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%)
- 22.2% of all boys named Manley (500) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 71 | #576 (1882) | #670 |
| 1890s | 74 | #515 (1897) | #728 |
| 1900s | 68 | #566 (1904) | #1,033 |
| 1910s | 379 | #782 (1910) | #904 |
| 1920s | 500 | #811 (1927) | #982 |
| 1930s | 308 | #1,028 (1936) | #1,219 |
| 1940s | 275 | #1,006 (1945) | #1,361 |
| 1950s | 231 | #1,340 (1950) | #1,649 |
| 1960s | 103 | #1,900 (1964) | #2,853 |
| 1970s | 85 | #2,125 (1970) | #3,373 |
| 1980s | 69 | #3,446 (1989) | #4,313 |
| 1990s | 41 | #5,660 (1992) | #7,255 |
| 2000s | 23 | #8,456 (2002) | #10,622 |
| 2010s | 6 | #10,644 (2015) | #10,644 |
| 2020s | 18 | #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 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 15,172 of them was named Manley, which outranked 82.5% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).