Manuel

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306 · #371 for boys in 2025, 860 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
1906 · 205 births
Debut · boys
75 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
191,584
since 1880

Manuel over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Manuel has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #104, 1906boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#371860
2024#351958
2023#3321,009
2022#15,3065#3161,065
2021#3211,036
2020#3231,018
2019#2981,147
2018#2891,219
2017#2741,327
2016#2801,301
2015#2831,297
2014#2651,382
2013#2461,472
2012#2491,464
2011#2311,559
2010#2101,701
2009#1951,954
2008#1872,143
2007#1692,413
2006#12,4208#1652,546
2005#1532,665
2004#1682,410
2003#1742,248
2002#11,1088#1652,326
2001#1642,312
2000#9,8749#1592,427
1999#11,3857#1552,354
1998#10,1228#1472,351
1997#10,8367#1462,323
1996#8,8129#1452,410
1995#7,51411#1502,366
1994#4,68721#1432,465
1993#6,62213#1422,433
1992#5,05119#1302,586
1991#4,65021#1312,498
1990#5,54916#1342,390
1989#3,67327#1392,208
1988#4,84017#1392,119
1987#4,28319#1382,084
1986#4,34718#1431,961
1985#3,62123#1431,975
1984#4,31817#1461,850
1983#3,24225#1451,869
1982#5,20913#1362,054
1981#3,53223#1421,962
1980#5,24513#1441,903
1979#3,07827#1401,910
1978#3,51221#1421,849
1977#2,83828#1461,739
1976#2,72828#1401,837
1975#2,96924#1391,800
1974#4,45913#1421,766
1973#3,12221#1451,709
1972#3,54317#1521,703
1971#4,31113#1641,689
1970#3,71216#1701,695
1969#3,10219#1651,675
1968#5,1478#1691,597
1967#3,48414#1701,577
1966#4,19810#1751,532
1965#3,54913#1761,502
1964#5,0088#1691,636
1963#2,96018#1821,615
1962#4,01111#1931,564
1961#3,46014#1871,666
1960#3,51213#1851,672
1959#3,43613#1831,648
1958#4,5208#1781,660
1957#4,2029#1851,633
1956#2,92916#1801,617
1955#5,8285#1701,671
1954#3,15713#1691,686
1953#5,0406#1691,576
1952#3,20112#1621,661
1951#2,57716#1581,643
1950#1581,581
1949#3,39310#1541,643
1948#3,35010#1561,591
1947#3,06112#1561,678
1946#3,21710#1571,491
1945#2,91610#1501,389
1944#3,3788#1491,400
1943#2,35215#1491,429
1942#4,1246#1531,275
1941#3,5597#1541,120
1940#2,9639#1471,170
1939#2,9229#1431,143
1938#3,8476#1441,144
1937#2,73510#1381,131
1936#2,15314#1351,173
1935#2,00616#1371,148
1934#1,69720#1311,252
1933#2,27513#1341,189
1932#3,0479#1291,318
1931#2,20514#1321,312
1930#2,84510#1201,520
1929#2,19115#1111,626
1928#1,96119#1111,646
1927#3,2849#1161,603
1926#2,47414#1201,549
1925#2,61713#1141,553
1924#2,97311#1071,664
1923#2,73212#1131,545
1922#3,15210#1191,461
1921#5,0995#1131,556
1920#2,26316#1181,461
1919#3,2199#1181,361
1918#3,2449#1261,312
1917#1281,157
1916#3,5527#1331,049
1915#134976
1914#128794
1913#125624
1912#137469
1911#112340
1910#107288
1909#115243
1908#117220
1907#129184
1906#104205
1905#138157
1904#137149
1903#127151
1902#152118
1901#112150
1900#131174
1899#15697
1898#17195
1897#17986
1896#158104
1895#15998
1894#15599
1893#15396
1892#16396
1891#15785
1890#14796
1889#16781
1888#148101
1887#17672
1886#19270
1885#15190
1884#15290
1883#16574
1882#14892
1881#19757
1880#17375
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Manuel was already there! It came in at #173, and was given to 75 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 76 boys a year got the name.

See more about Manuel
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 20 spots since 2024 (#351#371)
  • 48 spots since 2020 (#323#371)
  • 88 spots since 2015 (#283#371)
  • Biggest jump: 49 spots in 1882 (#197#148)
  • Biggest drop: 41 spots in 1886 (#151#192)
Rise & fade · boys
26 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1906 at #104 (205 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 650
  • Highest: 1 in 650 boys born in 1906 were named Manuel (0.15%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,986 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 12.6% of all boys named Manuel (24,176) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s802#148 (1888)#167
1890s952#147 (1890)#160
1900s1,751#104 (1906)#126
1910s8,370#107 (1910)#125
1920s15,664#107 (1924)#114
1930s12,330#120 (1930)#134
1940s14,186#147 (1940)#153
1950s16,376#158 (1951)#171
1960s16,036#165 (1969)#177
1970s17,697#139 (1975)#148
1980s19,985#136 (1982)#142
1990s24,176#130 (1992)#142
2000s23,444#153 (2005)#170
2010s13,869#210 (2010)#263
2020s5,946#316 (2022)#336

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.

Manuel in 1918

girls
#3,244
9 births · 1 in 128,626 girls
boys
#126
1,312 births · 1 in 772 boys

Top girls' names in 1918

  1. #1Mary67,365
  2. #2Helen36,148
  3. #3Dorothy32,030
  4. #4Margaret27,139
  5. #5Ruth25,535
  6. #6Mildred17,258
  7. #7Virginia16,421
  8. #8Frances16,132
  9. #9Elizabeth15,853
  10. #10Anna15,666
  11. #3,244Manuel9

Top boys' names in 1918

  1. #1John56,558
  2. #2William45,291
  3. #3James42,115
  4. #4Robert40,619
  5. #5Charles26,921
  6. #6George26,318
  7. #7Joseph26,261
  8. #8Edward19,489
  9. #9Frank17,018
  10. #10Thomas13,910
  11. #126Manuel1,312
More about 1918

girls

1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 128,626 of them was named Manuel, which outranked 41.9% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Manuel
  1. #3,024Wladyslawa10
  2. #3,024Wynette10
  3. #3,024Wyona10
  4. #3,244Manuel9
  5. #3,244Adair9
  6. #3,244Adelena9
  7. #3,244Adena9
  8. #3,512Adalyn8
  9. #3,512Akiko8
  10. #3,512Alaine8

Tied with 267 names at #3,244; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 547Jesse#1,507#960
  2. 494Liberty#1,079#585
  3. 389Marilynn#1,337#948
  4. 312Margueritte#1,281#969
  5. 306Syble#807#501
Fallers
  1. 447Valentine#964#1,411
  2. 428Ottie#952#1,380
  3. 354Delora#923#1,277
  4. 318Georgene#896#1,214
  5. 299Clifford#904#1,203

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

boys

1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 772 of them was named Manuel, which outranked 97.4% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Manuel
  1. #123Curtis1,335
  2. #124Wallace1,334
  3. #125Glen1,318
  4. #126Manuel1,312
  5. #127Mike1,287
  6. #128Ben1,276
  7. #129Franklin1,275
Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 600Quinton#1,092#492
  2. 542Pershing#876#334
  3. 480Quentin#723#243
  4. 440Issac#1,264#824
  5. 339Furman#1,092#753
Fallers
  1. 473Bernhard#900#1,373
  2. 424Edson#919#1,343
  3. 394Gasper#919#1,313
  4. 352Berton#934#1,286
  5. 346Ishmael#997#1,343

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

See the top 100 for 1918