Meaning not yet researched.
Manuel: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 860 in 2025. Its best rank was #104 in 1906.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #104 in 1906; #371 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Manuel in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#371 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1906, at #104.
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Manuel: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 860 boys in 2025. Peak: #104 in 1906 · most boys in one year: 2,665 (2005).
In 2025, 860 US boys were named Manuel, making it the 371st most common boys’ name of the year, down 20 places from #351 in 2024. That is 98 fewer than the 958 boys named Manuel in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #104, reached in 1906. The most boys given the name in a single year was 2,665, in 2005. For comparison, it was #283 in 2015 and #158 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Manuel in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 75 babies with the name. In all, 192,742 US babies have been given the name, 0.6% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 24,308 babies named Manuel.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 10,940 US boys were named Manuel; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 1,327. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,986 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Manuel ranked highest in Arizona in 2025, at #169 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Emmanuel (91,451 babies since 1880), Emanuel (54,855 babies since 1880), Immanuel (6,146 babies since 1880) and Manny (4,087 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Manal, Manual and Manu are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Emanuel and Manny.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Portuguese and Spanish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Manal (1,440), Manual (1,021), Manu (706), Manaal (338), Emanuele (335), Nel (133), Nelo (19), Manuelle (14), Mannuel (11), Manahel (6), Manil (6), Manul (5), and more.
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.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 17 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 53 | #169 | #137 |
| California | 187 | #199 | #154 |
| Nebraska | 13 | #204 | #307 |
| Texas | 179 | #217 | #146 |
| New Mexico | 9 | #229 | #129 |
| Colorado | 24 | #275 | #295 |
| Idaho | 8 | #318 | — |
| Florida | 60 | #326 | #238 |
| Nevada | 9 | #350 | #218 |
| Massachusetts | 15 | #353 | #431 |
| Oklahoma | 13 | #369 | #336 |
| Kansas | 10 | #373 | #348 |
| Georgia | 27 | #422 | #407 |
| Illinois | 25 | #438 | #286 |
| Utah | 10 | #459 | #539 |
| Connecticut | 6 | #473 | #503 |
| Arkansas | 7 | #475 | #347 |
| New Jersey | 16 | #479 | #299 |
| Washington | 15 | #489 | #314 |
| Oregon | 7 | #509 | #479 |
| Indiana | 13 | #529 | #609 |
| Virginia | 14 | #546 | #530 |
| Maryland | 9 | #548 | #374 |
| Alabama | 9 | #552 | #357 |
| New York | 27 | #577 | #382 |
| South Carolina | 8 | #588 | — |
| Kentucky | 7 | #604 | #578 |
| North Carolina | 15 | #632 | #446 |
| Wisconsin | 7 | #664 | #501 |
| Tennessee | 9 | #756 | #445 |
| Minnesota | 6 | #771 | #526 |
| Michigan | 9 | #814 | #583 |
| Pennsylvania | 10 | #823 | #499 |
| Ohio | 7 | #1,085 | #886 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 860 | #371 |
| 2024 | — | — | 958 | #351 |
| 2023 | — | — | 1,009 | #333 |
| 2022 | 5 | #16,840 | 1,065 | #316 |
| 2021 | — | — | 1,036 | #321 |
| 2020 | — | — | 1,018 | #323 |
| 2019 | — | — | 1,147 | #298 |
| 2018 | — | — | 1,219 | #290 |
| 2017 | — | — | 1,327 | #274 |
| 2016 | — | — | 1,301 | #280 |
| 2015 | — | — | 1,297 | #283 |
| 2014 | — | — | 1,382 | #265 |
| 2013 | — | — | 1,472 | #246 |
| 2012 | — | — | 1,464 | #249 |
| 2011 | — | — | 1,559 | #231 |
| 2010 | — | — | 1,701 | #210 |
| 2009 | — | — | 1,954 | #195 |
| 2008 | — | — | 2,143 | #187 |
| 2007 | — | — | 2,413 | #169 |
| 2006 | 8 | #13,151 | 2,546 | #165 |
| 2005 | — | — | 2,665 | #153 |
| 2004 | — | — | 2,410 | #168 |
| 2003 | — | — | 2,248 | #174 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,785 | 2,326 | #165 |
| 2001 | — | — | 2,312 | #164 |
| 2000 | 9 | #10,419 | 2,427 | #159 |
| 1999 | 7 | #12,179 | 2,354 | #155 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,745 | 2,351 | #147 |
| 1997 | 7 | #11,591 | 2,323 | #146 |
| 1996 | 9 | #9,276 | 2,410 | #145 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,863 | 2,366 | #150 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,777 | 2,465 | #143 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,891 | 2,433 | #142 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,185 | 2,586 | #130 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,742 | 2,498 | #131 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,721 | 2,390 | #134 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,747 | 2,208 | #139 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,975 | 2,119 | #139 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,405 | 2,084 | #138 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,463 | 1,961 | #143 |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,682 | 1,975 | #143 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,426 | 1,850 | #146 |
| 1983 | 25 | #3,300 | 1,869 | #145 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,405 | 2,054 | #136 |
| 1981 | 23 | #3,584 | 1,962 | #142 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,424 | 1,903 | #144 |
| 1979 | 27 | #3,123 | 1,910 | #140 |
| 1978 | 21 | #3,589 | 1,849 | #142 |
| 1977 | 28 | #2,882 | 1,739 | #146 |
| 1976 | 28 | #2,766 | 1,837 | #140 |
| 1975 | 24 | #3,016 | 1,800 | #139 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,612 | 1,766 | #142 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,187 | 1,709 | #145 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,651 | 1,703 | #152 |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,445 | 1,689 | #164 |
| 1970 | 16 | #3,804 | 1,695 | #170 |
| 1969 | 19 | #3,162 | 1,675 | #165 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,452 | 1,597 | #169 |
| 1967 | 14 | #3,580 | 1,577 | #170 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,369 | 1,532 | #175 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,661 | 1,502 | #176 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,280 | 1,636 | #169 |
| 1963 | 18 | #3,030 | 1,615 | #182 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,171 | 1,564 | #193 |
| 1961 | 14 | #3,545 | 1,666 | #187 |
| 1960 | 13 | #3,613 | 1,672 | #186 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,550 | 1,648 | #183 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,755 | 1,660 | #178 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,422 | 1,633 | #185 |
| 1956 | 16 | #3,004 | 1,617 | #181 |
| 1955 | 5 | #6,380 | 1,671 | #170 |
| 1954 | 13 | #3,258 | 1,686 | #169 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,423 | 1,576 | #169 |
| 1952 | 12 | #3,318 | 1,661 | #162 |
| 1951 | 16 | #2,648 | 1,643 | #158 |
| 1950 | — | — | 1,581 | #158 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,528 | 1,643 | #154 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,501 | 1,591 | #156 |
| 1947 | 12 | #3,165 | 1,678 | #156 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,350 | 1,491 | #157 |
| 1945 | 10 | #3,046 | 1,389 | #150 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,571 | 1,400 | #149 |
| 1943 | 15 | #2,404 | 1,429 | #149 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,433 | 1,275 | #153 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,818 | 1,120 | #154 |
| 1940 | 9 | #3,117 | 1,170 | #147 |
| 1939 | 9 | #3,049 | 1,143 | #143 |
| 1938 | 6 | #4,147 | 1,144 | #144 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,865 | 1,131 | #138 |
| 1936 | 14 | #2,218 | 1,173 | #135 |
| 1935 | 16 | #2,063 | 1,148 | #137 |
| 1934 | 20 | #1,745 | 1,252 | #131 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,352 | 1,189 | #134 |
| 1932 | 9 | #3,183 | 1,318 | #129 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,264 | 1,312 | #132 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,987 | 1,520 | #121 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,262 | 1,626 | #111 |
| 1928 | 19 | #1,998 | 1,646 | #111 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,460 | 1,603 | #116 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,534 | 1,549 | #120 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,717 | 1,553 | #114 |
| 1924 | 11 | #3,087 | 1,664 | #108 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,846 | 1,545 | #114 |
| 1922 | 10 | #3,288 | 1,461 | #119 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,606 | 1,556 | #113 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,331 | 1,461 | #118 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,363 | 1,361 | #118 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,412 | 1,312 | #126 |
| 1917 | — | — | 1,157 | #128 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,778 | 1,049 | #133 |
| 1915 | — | — | 976 | #134 |
| 1914 | — | — | 794 | #128 |
| 1913 | — | — | 624 | #125 |
| 1912 | — | — | 469 | #137 |
| 1911 | — | — | 340 | #112 |
| 1910 | — | — | 288 | #107 |
| 1909 | — | — | 243 | #115 |
| 1908 | — | — | 220 | #118 |
| 1907 | — | — | 184 | #130 |
| 1906 | — | — | 205 | #104 |
| 1905 | — | — | 157 | #138 |
| 1904 | — | — | 149 | #138 |
| 1903 | — | — | 151 | #127 |
| 1902 | — | — | 118 | #152 |
| 1901 | — | — | 150 | #112 |
| 1900 | — | — | 174 | #131 |
| 1899 | — | — | 97 | #157 |
| 1898 | — | — | 95 | #171 |
| 1897 | — | — | 86 | #179 |
| 1896 | — | — | 104 | #159 |
| 1895 | — | — | 98 | #159 |
| 1894 | — | — | 99 | #155 |
| 1893 | — | — | 96 | #154 |
| 1892 | — | — | 96 | #164 |
| 1891 | — | — | 85 | #159 |
| 1890 | — | — | 96 | #148 |
| 1889 | — | — | 81 | #167 |
| 1888 | — | — | 101 | #151 |
| 1887 | — | — | 72 | #176 |
| 1886 | — | — | 70 | #192 |
| 1885 | — | — | 90 | #151 |
| 1884 | — | — | 90 | #153 |
| 1883 | — | — | 74 | #167 |
| 1882 | — | — | 92 | #148 |
| 1881 | — | — | 57 | #199 |
| 1880 | — | — | 75 | #173 |
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).