Meaning not yet researched.
Manny: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 37 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,053 in 1905.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1,053 in 1905; #3,221 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Manny in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,221 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1905, at #1,053.
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Manny: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 37 boys in 2025. Peak: #1,053 in 1905 · most boys in one year: 113 (2009).
In 2025, 37 US boys were named Manny, making it the 3,221st most common boys’ name of the year, down 525 places from #2,696 in 2024. That is 12 fewer than the 49 boys named Manny in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,053, reached in 1905. The most boys given the name in a single year was 113, in 2009. For comparison, it was #2,046 in 2015 and #1,596 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Manny in 120 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1900 with 7 babies. In all, 4,087 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 652 babies named Manny.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 506 US boys were named Manny; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 70. In 2025 that was about 1 in 46,164 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Manuel (192,742 babies since 1880), Emmanuel (91,451 babies since 1880) and Manolo (1,524 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Mannie, Maniya and Manie are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Manuel.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Mannie (1,559), Maniya (576), Manie (529), Maanya (367), Mani (138), Maneh (128), Many (26), Mania (18), Manee (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Manny is listed as a nickname for Emanuel, Emmanuel, Manuel.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 37 | #3,221 |
| 2024 | — | — | 49 | #2,696 |
| 2023 | — | — | 53 | #2,528 |
| 2022 | — | — | 63 | #2,288 |
| 2021 | — | — | 70 | #2,091 |
| 2020 | — | — | 47 | #2,682 |
| 2019 | — | — | 47 | #2,720 |
| 2018 | — | — | 54 | #2,435 |
| 2017 | — | — | 37 | #3,169 |
| 2016 | — | — | 49 | #2,580 |
| 2015 | — | — | 70 | #2,046 |
| 2014 | — | — | 64 | #2,147 |
| 2013 | — | — | 60 | #2,192 |
| 2012 | — | — | 69 | #2,025 |
| 2011 | — | — | 80 | #1,803 |
| 2010 | — | — | 96 | #1,633 |
| 2009 | — | — | 113 | #1,480 |
| 2008 | — | — | 92 | #1,673 |
| 2007 | — | — | 73 | #1,939 |
| 2006 | — | — | 66 | #2,029 |
| 2005 | — | — | 57 | #2,155 |
| 2004 | — | — | 49 | #2,331 |
| 2003 | — | — | 49 | #2,222 |
| 2002 | — | — | 50 | #2,141 |
| 2001 | — | — | 52 | #2,040 |
| 2000 | — | — | 51 | #2,005 |
| 1999 | — | — | 51 | #1,922 |
| 1998 | — | — | 36 | #2,429 |
| 1997 | — | — | 46 | #1,986 |
| 1996 | — | — | 49 | #1,862 |
| 1995 | — | — | 38 | #2,159 |
| 1994 | — | — | 30 | #2,543 |
| 1993 | — | — | 46 | #1,843 |
| 1992 | — | — | 55 | #1,614 |
| 1991 | — | — | 47 | #1,736 |
| 1990 | — | — | 49 | #1,679 |
| 1989 | — | — | 44 | #1,751 |
| 1988 | — | — | 40 | #1,755 |
| 1987 | — | — | 50 | #1,452 |
| 1986 | — | — | 34 | #1,821 |
| 1985 | — | — | 40 | #1,608 |
| 1984 | — | — | 27 | #2,014 |
| 1983 | — | — | 39 | #1,548 |
| 1982 | — | — | 34 | #1,721 |
| 1981 | — | — | 42 | #1,490 |
| 1980 | — | — | 30 | #1,892 |
| 1979 | — | — | 39 | #1,521 |
| 1978 | — | — | 39 | #1,495 |
| 1977 | — | — | 36 | #1,561 |
| 1976 | — | — | 39 | #1,442 |
| 1975 | — | — | 36 | #1,493 |
| 1974 | — | — | 46 | #1,239 |
| 1973 | — | — | 36 | #1,421 |
| 1972 | — | — | 31 | #1,551 |
| 1971 | — | — | 30 | #1,620 |
| 1970 | — | — | 38 | #1,365 |
| 1969 | — | — | 36 | #1,343 |
| 1968 | — | — | 16 | #2,079 |
| 1967 | — | — | 29 | #1,434 |
| 1966 | — | — | 33 | #1,338 |
| 1965 | — | — | 33 | #1,352 |
| 1964 | — | — | 46 | #1,139 |
| 1963 | — | — | 49 | #1,099 |
| 1962 | — | — | 45 | #1,159 |
| 1961 | — | — | 52 | #1,091 |
| 1960 | — | — | 45 | #1,172 |
| 1959 | — | — | 37 | #1,292 |
| 1958 | — | — | 47 | #1,123 |
| 1957 | — | — | 44 | #1,178 |
| 1956 | — | — | 28 | #1,501 |
| 1955 | — | — | 22 | #1,668 |
| 1954 | — | — | 19 | #1,798 |
| 1953 | — | — | 18 | #1,874 |
| 1952 | — | — | 25 | #1,536 |
| 1951 | — | — | 13 | #2,208 |
| 1950 | — | — | 22 | #1,596 |
| 1949 | — | — | 25 | #1,490 |
| 1948 | — | — | 15 | #1,994 |
| 1947 | — | — | 27 | #1,439 |
| 1946 | — | — | 18 | #1,731 |
| 1945 | — | — | 17 | #1,671 |
| 1944 | — | — | 18 | #1,662 |
| 1943 | — | — | 16 | #1,882 |
| 1942 | — | — | 21 | #1,570 |
| 1941 | — | — | 16 | #1,799 |
| 1940 | — | — | 9 | #2,605 |
| 1939 | — | — | 9 | #2,556 |
| 1938 | — | — | 14 | #1,948 |
| 1937 | — | — | 11 | #2,285 |
| 1936 | — | — | 18 | #1,621 |
| 1935 | — | — | 15 | #1,893 |
| 1934 | — | — | 11 | #2,350 |
| 1933 | — | — | 16 | #1,805 |
| 1932 | — | — | 9 | #2,770 |
| 1931 | — | — | 8 | #3,006 |
| 1930 | — | — | 13 | #2,254 |
| 1929 | — | — | 15 | #2,067 |
| 1928 | — | — | 14 | #2,225 |
| 1927 | — | — | 11 | #2,634 |
| 1926 | — | — | 16 | #2,041 |
| 1925 | — | — | 14 | #2,275 |
| 1924 | — | — | 14 | #2,307 |
| 1923 | — | — | 11 | #2,715 |
| 1922 | — | — | 14 | #2,301 |
| 1921 | — | — | 16 | #2,117 |
| 1920 | — | — | 27 | #1,447 |
| 1919 | — | — | 17 | #1,937 |
| 1918 | — | — | 13 | #2,346 |
| 1917 | — | — | 22 | #1,568 |
| 1916 | — | — | 24 | #1,451 |
| 1915 | — | — | 17 | #1,752 |
| 1914 | — | — | 18 | #1,474 |
| 1913 | — | — | 11 | #1,761 |
| 1912 | — | — | 19 | #1,082 |
| 1911 | — | — | 6 | #1,668 |
| 1910 | — | — | 5 | #1,756 |
| 1909 | — | — | 5 | #1,615 |
| 1908 | — | — | 5 | #1,526 |
| 1905 | — | — | 7 | #1,053 |
| 1900 | — | — | 7 | #1,130 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).