Manly
- Last seen for boys in 2000 at #10,349
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 521since 1880
Manly over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Manly has never cracked the top 800 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | |
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| 2000 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
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| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | — | |
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| 1987 | — | |
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| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | — | |
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| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | — | |
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| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,453 | 10 |
| 1948 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | #2,356 | 11 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #2,074 | 13 |
| 1942 | #1,730 | 17 |
| 1941 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #1,680 | 17 |
| 1939 | #2,609 | 8 |
| 1938 | #2,646 | 8 |
| 1937 | #2,088 | 12 |
| 1936 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #2,127 | 12 |
| 1934 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | #2,191 | 12 |
| 1931 | #2,471 | 10 |
| 1930 | #2,293 | 12 |
| 1929 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #2,912 | 9 |
| 1926 | #1,911 | 17 |
| 1925 | #1,935 | 17 |
| 1924 | #2,822 | 10 |
| 1923 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1922 | #1,545 | 24 |
| 1921 | #1,703 | 21 |
| 1920 | #1,642 | 22 |
| 1919 | #2,152 | 14 |
| 1918 | #2,073 | 15 |
| 1917 | #1,986 | 15 |
| 1916 | #2,730 | 9 |
| 1915 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1914 | #2,271 | 9 |
| 1913 | #2,092 | 8 |
| 1912 | #2,544 | 5 |
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| 1895 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | — | |
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| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #866 | 5 |
| 1880 | #909 | 5 |
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.
Where Manly is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Manly in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Manly
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2000
- Biggest jump: 43 spots in 1881
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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #866 (1881) | #888 |
| 1890s | 10 | #1,066 (1892) | #1,073 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 92 | #1,707 (1915) | #2,194 |
| 1920s | 153 | #1,545 (1922) | #2,253 |
| 1930s | 97 | #2,088 (1937) | #2,486 |
| 1940s | 89 | #1,680 (1940) | #2,385 |
| 1950s | 38 | #2,875 (1952) | #3,433 |
| 1960s | 11 | #3,673 (1968) | #3,811 |
| 1970s | 6 | #4,505 (1973) | #4,505 |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,262 (1981) | #6,262 |
| 1990s | 5 | #8,117 (1990) | #8,117 |
| 2000s | 5 | #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.
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