Manuela
#2,564 for girls in 2025, 68 births · Last seen for boys in 1932 at #3,776
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1920 · 200 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 11,033since 1880
Manuela over time
Rank among girls' names. Manuela has never cracked the top 400 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 | #2,564 | 68 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,080 | 92 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,466 | 72 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,228 | 84 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,366 | 76 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,005 | 93 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,538 | 69 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,179 | 86 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,357 | 77 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,617 | 67 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,773 | 63 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,290 | 81 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,936 | 57 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,805 | 62 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,483 | 73 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,803 | 62 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,852 | 61 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,485 | 76 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,647 | 69 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,353 | 80 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,636 | 64 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,204 | 80 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,229 | 77 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,046 | 84 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,035 | 83 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,306 | 67 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,527 | 56 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,164 | 66 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,749 | 87 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,125 | 64 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,282 | 58 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,142 | 63 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,012 | 69 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,600 | 96 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,933 | 72 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,437 | 50 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,769 | 40 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,419 | 45 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,024 | 55 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,025 | 53 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,760 | 64 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,511 | 75 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,961 | 52 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,769 | 62 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,674 | 68 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,474 | 82 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,694 | 65 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,569 | 69 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,514 | 72 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,355 | 79 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,439 | 72 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,486 | 66 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,510 | 62 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,674 | 53 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,560 | 62 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,681 | 55 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,402 | 68 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,291 | 73 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,281 | 71 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,827 | 39 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,500 | 55 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,470 | 59 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,403 | 63 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,258 | 77 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,420 | 62 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,301 | 71 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,315 | 66 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,196 | 79 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,109 | 89 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,222 | 73 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,334 | 57 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,154 | 74 | — | |
| 1953 | #921 | 105 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,080 | 76 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,116 | 69 | — | |
| 1950 | #773 | 125 | — | |
| 1949 | #843 | 110 | — | |
| 1948 | #689 | 145 | — | |
| 1947 | #772 | 124 | — | |
| 1946 | #755 | 118 | — | |
| 1945 | #707 | 111 | — | |
| 1944 | #732 | 107 | — | |
| 1943 | #778 | 100 | — | |
| 1942 | #794 | 92 | — | |
| 1941 | #728 | 94 | — | |
| 1940 | #741 | 86 | — | |
| 1939 | #701 | 94 | — | |
| 1938 | #713 | 92 | — | |
| 1937 | #673 | 102 | — | |
| 1936 | #649 | 104 | — | |
| 1935 | #660 | 100 | — | |
| 1934 | #660 | 103 | — | |
| 1933 | #553 | 132 | — | |
| 1932 | #599 | 120 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | #561 | 136 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1930 | #544 | 156 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #515 | 173 | — | |
| 1928 | #500 | 192 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | #507 | 191 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #506 | 190 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #503 | 197 | — | |
| 1924 | #488 | 202 | — | |
| 1923 | #555 | 169 | — | |
| 1922 | #515 | 184 | — | |
| 1921 | #500 | 197 | — | |
| 1920 | #486 | 200 | — | |
| 1919 | #548 | 158 | — | |
| 1918 | #583 | 151 | — | |
| 1917 | #665 | 104 | — | |
| 1916 | #612 | 122 | — | |
| 1915 | #624 | 111 | — | |
| 1914 | #601 | 89 | — | |
| 1913 | #587 | 76 | — | |
| 1912 | #571 | 71 | — | |
| 1911 | #573 | 56 | — | |
| 1910 | #522 | 61 | — | |
| 1909 | #488 | 58 | — | |
| 1908 | #617 | 38 | — | |
| 1907 | #554 | 43 | — | |
| 1906 | #528 | 43 | — | |
| 1905 | #570 | 37 | — | |
| 1904 | #600 | 32 | — | |
| 1903 | #607 | 29 | — | |
| 1902 | #688 | 24 | — | |
| 1901 | #659 | 23 | — | |
| 1900 | #524 | 41 | — | |
| 1899 | #616 | 25 | — | |
| 1898 | #719 | 21 | — | |
| 1897 | #786 | 16 | — | |
| 1896 | #754 | 18 | — | |
| 1895 | #703 | 20 | — | |
| 1894 | #812 | 14 | — | |
| 1893 | #767 | 15 | — | |
| 1892 | #762 | 15 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 | — | |
| 1890 | #758 | 13 | — | |
| 1889 | #950 | 8 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 | — | |
| 1887 | #860 | 8 | — | |
| 1886 | #897 | 7 | — | |
| 1885 | #745 | 9 | — | |
| 1884 | #686 | 10 | — | |
| 1883 | #692 | 8 | — | |
| 1882 | #678 | 8 | — | |
| 1881 | #679 | 7 | — | |
| 1880 | #836 | 5 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Manuela was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
Where Manuela is popular in 1928
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arizona#79 · 1 in 264
- New Mexico#87 · 1 in 329
- Texas#110 · 1 in 494
- California#236 · 1 in 1,470
- New York#714 · 1 in 19,759
Best ever in a state: #38 in Arizona, 1922.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | #79 | 15 | 1 in 264 |
| New Mexico | #87 | 13 | 1 in 329 |
| Texas | #110 | 122 | 1 in 494 |
| California | #236 | 25 | 1 in 1,470 |
| New York | #714 | 5 | 1 in 19,759 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Manuela
- 484 spots since 2024 (#2,080 → #2,564)
- 559 spots since 2020 (#2,005 → #2,564)
- 209 spots since 2015 (#2,773 → #2,564)
- Biggest jump: 451 spots in 1892 (#1,213 → #762)
- Biggest drop: 455 spots in 1891 (#758 → #1,213)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1920 at #486 (200 births)
- Births halved by 1935, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 70 yrs · run 1892–1950
- Highest: 1 in 5,987 girls born in 1909 were named Manuela (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 23,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #486 in 1920, was only 1 in 5,991 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 17.2% of all girls named Manuela (1,895) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 76 | #678 (1882) | #816 |
| 1890s | 163 | #616 (1899) | #789 |
| 1900s | 368 | #488 (1909) | #584 |
| 1910s | 999 | #522 (1910) | #589 |
| 1920s | 1,895 | #486 (1920) | #508 |
| 1930s | 1,139 | #544 (1930) | #631 |
| 1940s | 1,087 | #689 (1948) | #754 |
| 1950s | 813 | #773 (1950) | #1,122 |
| 1960s | 638 | #1,258 (1962) | #1,415 |
| 1970s | 655 | #1,355 (1976) | #1,548 |
| 1980s | 596 | #1,474 (1980) | #1,939 |
| 1990s | 681 | #1,600 (1992) | #2,097 |
| 2000s | 741 | #2,035 (2001) | #2,379 |
| 2010s | 697 | #2,179 (2018) | #2,578 |
| 2020s | 485 | #2,005 (2020) | #2,285 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Manuela in 1928
Top girls' names in 1928
Top boys' names in 1928
More about 1928
girls
1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 6,007 of them was named Manuela, which outranked 90.8% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 184,602 of them was named Manuela, which outranked 21.7% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,357Yoshimi7
- #3,357Zenas7
- #3,357Zoltan7
- #3,697Manuela6
- #3,697Abb6
- #3,697Abbott6
- #3,697Abdon6
- #4,151Aberham5
- #4,151Acey5
- #4,151Acy5
Tied with 453 names at #3,697; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.