Manly

Last seen for boys in 2000 at #10,349

Peak · boys
1881 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
521
since 1880

Manly over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Manly has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201881peak #866, 1881boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2000#10,3495
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1990#8,1175
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1981#6,2625
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1973#4,5056
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1968#3,6736
1967
1966#3,9485
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1959#3,6196
1958#3,5596
1957
1956#3,9425
1955
1954#3,1767
1953#3,4256
1952#2,8758
1951
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1949#2,45310
1948#2,7888
1947#2,35611
1946
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1944#2,8627
1943#2,07413
1942#1,73017
1941#3,1336
1940#1,68017
1939#2,6098
1938#2,6468
1937#2,08812
1936#3,1476
1935#2,12712
1934#2,7428
1933#2,5429
1932#2,19112
1931#2,47110
1930#2,29312
1929#2,7669
1928#3,3577
1927#2,9129
1926#1,91117
1925#1,93517
1924#2,82210
1923#1,94117
1922#1,54524
1921#1,70321
1920#1,64222
1919#2,15214
1918#2,07315
1917#1,98615
1916#2,7309
1915#1,70717
1914#2,2719
1913#2,0928
1912#2,5445
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1895#1,0795
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1892#1,0665
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1881#8665
1880#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Manly was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1912, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Manly
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2000
  • Biggest jump: 43 spots in 1881 (#909#866)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #866 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1880–1881
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,147
  • Highest: 1 in 20,147 boys born in 1881 were named Manly (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 392,800 boys born in 2000 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 29.4% of all boys named Manly (153) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s10#866 (1881)#888
1890s10#1,066 (1892)#1,073
1900s0
1910s92#1,707 (1915)#2,194
1920s153#1,545 (1922)#2,253
1930s97#2,088 (1937)#2,486
1940s89#1,680 (1940)#2,385
1950s38#2,875 (1952)#3,433
1960s11#3,673 (1968)#3,811
1970s6#4,505 (1973)#4,505
1980s5#6,262 (1981)#6,262
1990s5#8,117 (1990)#8,117
2000s5#10,349 (2000)#10,349

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.

Manly in 1881

boys
#866
5 births · 1 in 20,147 boys

Top boys' names in 1881

  1. #1John8,768
  2. #2William8,524
  3. #3James5,441
  4. #4George4,664
  5. #5Charles4,636
  6. #6Frank2,834
  7. #7Joseph2,456
  8. #8Henry2,339
  9. #9Thomas2,282
  10. #10Edward2,177
  11. #866Manly5
More about 1881

boys

100,735 boys got a published name in 1881; 1 in 20,147 of them was named Manly, which outranked 13.1% of the 996 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 43.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Manly
  1. #781Webb6
  2. #781Whit6
  3. #781Yee6
  4. #866Manly5
  5. #866Adrien5
  6. #866Albin5
  7. #866Alf5

Tied with 130 names at #866; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1880
Risers
  1. 491Noble#809#318
  2. 449Ivy#909#460
  3. 449Buck#909#460
  4. 376Chin#909#533
  5. 376Ransom#909#533
Fallers
  1. 431Neil#350#781
  2. 378Alvah#403#781
  3. 361Webster#505#866
  4. 356Melville#425#781
  5. 316Hector#465#781

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

See the top 100 for 1881