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
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,840since 1881
Manning over time
Rank among boys' names. Manning has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 | #5,208 | 18 |
| 2024 | — | #4,701 | 21 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,883 | 28 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,850 | 20 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,776 | 15 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,041 | 18 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,114 | 25 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,994 | 39 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,678 | 29 | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #3,776 | 28 |
| 2015 | — | #2,864 | 41 | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #3,154 | 35 |
| 2013 | — | #3,122 | 35 | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | #3,714 | 28 |
| 2011 | — | #4,356 | 22 | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #3,708 | 28 |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #3,551 | 30 |
| 2008 | — | #3,344 | 33 | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #3,591 | 29 |
| 2006 | — | #3,451 | 30 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,815 | 24 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,007 | 16 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,114 | 20 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,322 | 18 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,013 | 11 | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #3,640 | 22 |
| 1999 | — | #5,317 | 12 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,650 | 14 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,668 | 13 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,136 | 7 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,791 | 12 | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
| 1992 | — | #7,422 | 6 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,096 | 10 | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | #5,200 | 8 | |
| 1987 | — | #5,459 | 7 | |
| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | #5,484 | 6 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,003 | 7 | |
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | #4,940 | 7 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,842 | 7 | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | #3,836 | 9 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,724 | 9 | |
| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,318 | 10 | |
| 1973 | — | #4,054 | 7 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,375 | 6 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,071 | 10 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,861 | 10 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,445 | 12 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,282 | 7 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,414 | 12 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,848 | 9 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,900 | 9 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,121 | 15 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,290 | 7 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,265 | 13 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,375 | 12 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,945 | 17 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,964 | 8 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,449 | 11 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,391 | 11 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,153 | 13 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,055 | 14 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,329 | 6 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,123 | 13 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,027 | 14 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,916 | 16 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,143 | 12 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,131 | 11 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,738 | 16 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,577 | 20 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,682 | 18 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,207 | 11 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,081 | 12 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,879 | 14 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,901 | 14 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,627 | 18 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,801 | 15 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,453 | 22 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,860 | 15 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,829 | 15 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,313 | 11 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,101 | 13 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,889 | 16 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,980 | 8 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,902 | 17 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,647 | 22 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,565 | 23 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,534 | 24 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,675 | 22 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,502 | 25 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,952 | 17 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,588 | 23 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,457 | 26 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,752 | 19 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,373 | 27 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,437 | 24 | |
| 1916 | — | #964 | 44 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,306 | 26 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,188 | 24 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,497 | 13 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,527 | 11 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,314 | 7 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,277 | 6 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,345 | 5 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | #954 | 6 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #755 | 8 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | — | #799 | 6 | |
| 1882 | — | #754 | 7 | |
| 1881 | — | #653 | 8 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1916
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#142 · 1 in 882
Best ever in a state: #142 in South Carolina, 1916.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #142 | 19 | 1 in 882 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Manning
- 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)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1881 at #653 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1881–1884
- 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%)
- 16.8% of all boys named Manning (310) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 39 | #653 (1881) | #815 |
| 1890s | 16 | #954 (1894) | #1,045 |
| 1900s | 22 | #1,217 (1908) | #1,287 |
| 1910s | 200 | #964 (1916) | #1,410 |
| 1920s | 207 | #1,457 (1920) | #1,780 |
| 1930s | 153 | #1,453 (1935) | #1,865 |
| 1940s | 143 | #1,577 (1943) | #1,963 |
| 1950s | 112 | #1,945 (1956) | #2,522 |
| 1960s | 91 | #2,121 (1960) | #2,992 |
| 1970s | 68 | #3,071 (1970) | #4,186 |
| 1980s | 47 | #4,940 (1980) | #5,397 |
| 1990s | 79 | #4,650 (1998) | #5,973 |
| 2000s | 233 | #3,344 (2008) | #4,085 |
| 2010s | 310 | #2,864 (2015) | #3,548 |
| 2020s | 120 | #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 1916
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 20,229 of them was named Manning, which outranked 78.7% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).