Manning

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #5,208 for boys in 2025, 18 births
Given to boys 97.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1881 · 8 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,840
since 1881

Manning over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Manning has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201881peak #653, 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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#13,2086#5,20818
2024—#4,70121
2023—#3,88328
2022—#4,85020
2021—#5,77615
2020—#5,04118
2019—#4,11425
2018—#2,99439
2017—#3,67829
2016#14,3316#3,77628
2015—#2,86441
2014#14,5586#3,15435
2013—#3,12235
2012#14,9626#3,71428
2011—#4,35622
2010#16,9925#3,70828
2009#17,2945#3,55130
2008—#3,34433
2007#17,6365#3,59129
2006—#3,45130
2005—#3,81524
2004—#5,00716
2003—#4,11420
2002—#4,32218
2001—#6,01311
2000#15,0315#3,64022
1999—#5,31712
1998—#4,65014
1997—#4,66813
1996—#7,1367
1995—#4,79112
1994——
1993—#8,7005
1992—#7,4226
1991—#5,09610
1990——
1989——
1988—#5,2008
1987—#5,4597
1986—#6,7215
1985——
1984—#4,9737
1983—#5,4846
1982—#5,0037
1981——
1980—#4,9407
1979—#4,8427
1978——
1977—#3,8369
1976—#3,7249
1975—#5,4645
1974—#3,31810
1973—#4,0547
1972—#4,9865
1971—#4,3756
1970—#3,07110
1969—#2,86110
1968—#2,44512
1967—#3,5596
1966—#3,9485
1965—#3,5376
1964—#3,2827
1963—#2,41412
1962—#2,8489
1961—#2,9009
1960—#2,12115
1959—#3,2907
1958—#2,26513
1957—#2,37512
1956—#1,94517
1955—#2,9648
1954—#2,44911
1953—#2,39111
1952—#2,15313
1951—#2,05514
1950—#3,3296
1949—#2,12313
1948—#2,02714
1947—#1,91616
1946—#2,14312
1945—#2,13111
1944—#1,73816
1943—#1,57720
1942—#1,68218
1941—#2,20711
1940—#2,08112
1939—#1,87914
1938—#1,90114
1937—#1,62718
1936—#1,80115
1935—#1,45322
1934—#1,86015
1933—#1,82915
1932—#2,31311
1931—#2,10113
1930—#1,88916
1929—#2,9808
1928—#1,90217
1927—#1,64722
1926—#1,56523
1925—#1,53424
1924—#1,67522
1923—#1,50225
1922—#1,95217
1921—#1,58823
1920—#1,45726
1919—#1,75219
1918—#1,37327
1917—#1,43724
1916—#96444
1915—#1,30626
1914—#1,18824
1913—#1,49713
1912—#1,52711
1911—#1,7405
1910—#1,3147
1909—#1,2776
1908—#1,2176
1907—#1,3455
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1900—#1,3105
1899——
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1897——
1896—#1,1015
1895—#1,0795
1894—#9546
1893——
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1891——
1890——
1889——
1888—#7558
1887——
1886—#9595
1885——
1884—#9715
1883—#7996
1882—#7547
1881—#6538
1880——
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Manning! It came in at #653, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1884–1887, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Manning is popular in 1881

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Manning
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 507 spots since 2024 (#4,701 → #5,208)
  • 167 spots since 2020 (#5,041 → #5,208)
  • 2,344 spots since 2015 (#2,864 → #5,208)
  • Biggest jump: 342 spots in 1916 (#1,306 → #964)
  • Biggest drop: 473 spots in 1917 (#964 → #1,437)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1881 at #653 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1885, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1881–1884
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,592
  • Highest: 1 in 12,592 boys born in 1881 were named Manning (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 94,893 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 16.8% of all boys named Manning (310) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s39#653 (1881)#815
1890s16#954 (1894)#1,045
1900s22#1,217 (1908)#1,287
1910s200#964 (1916)#1,410
1920s207#1,457 (1920)#1,780
1930s153#1,453 (1935)#1,865
1940s143#1,577 (1943)#1,963
1950s112#1,945 (1956)#2,522
1960s91#2,121 (1960)#2,992
1970s68#3,071 (1970)#4,186
1980s47#4,940 (1980)#5,397
1990s79#4,650 (1998)#5,973
2000s233#3,344 (2008)#4,085
2010s310#2,864 (2015)#3,548
2020s120#3,883 (2023)#4,910

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.

Manning in 1881

boys
#653
8 births · 1 in 12,592 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. #653Manning8
More about 1881

boys

100,735 boys got a published name in 1881; 1 in 12,592 of them was named Manning, which outranked 34.4% 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 Manning
  1. #595Vivian9
  2. #595Willian9
  3. #595Young9
  4. #653Manning8
  5. #653Aloysius8
  6. #653Ambers8
  7. #653Archer8
  8. #706Addie7
  9. #706Albion7
  10. #706Alec7

Tied with 52 names at #653; 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 →