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

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Peak · girls
1920 · 200 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
11,033
since 1880

Manuela over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Manuela has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201937peak #486, 1920girls
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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
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2025#2,56468—
2024#2,08092—
2023#2,46672—
2022#2,22884—
2021#2,36676—
2020#2,00593—
2019#2,53869—
2018#2,17986—
2017#2,35777—
2016#2,61767—
2015#2,77363—
2014#2,29081—
2013#2,93657—
2012#2,80562—
2011#2,48373—
2010#2,80362—
2009#2,85261—
2008#2,48576—
2007#2,64769—
2006#2,35380—
2005#2,63664—
2004#2,20480—
2003#2,22977—
2002#2,04684—
2001#2,03583—
2000#2,30667—
1999#2,52756—
1998#2,16466—
1997#1,74987—
1996#2,12564—
1995#2,28258—
1994#2,14263—
1993#2,01269—
1992#1,60096—
1991#1,93372—
1990#2,43750—
1989#2,76940—
1988#2,41945—
1987#2,02455—
1986#2,02553—
1985#1,76064—
1984#1,51175—
1983#1,96152—
1982#1,76962—
1981#1,67468—
1980#1,47482—
1979#1,69465—
1978#1,56969—
1977#1,51472—
1976#1,35579—
1975#1,43972—
1974#1,48666—
1973#1,51062—
1972#1,67453—
1971#1,56062—
1970#1,68155—
1969#1,40268—
1968#1,29173—
1967#1,28171—
1966#1,82739—
1965#1,50055—
1964#1,47059—
1963#1,40363—
1962#1,25877—
1961#1,42062—
1960#1,30171—
1959#1,31566—
1958#1,19679—
1957#1,10989—
1956#1,22273—
1955#1,33457—
1954#1,15474—
1953#921105—
1952#1,08076—
1951#1,11669—
1950#773125—
1949#843110—
1948#689145—
1947#772124—
1946#755118—
1945#707111—
1944#732107—
1943#778100—
1942#79492—
1941#72894—
1940#74186—
1939#70194—
1938#71392—
1937#673102—
1936#649104—
1935#660100—
1934#660103—
1933#553132—
1932#599120#3,7765
1931#561136#3,0957
1930#544156#3,5926
1929#515173—
1928#500192#3,6976
1927#507191#4,2105
1926#506190#3,7086
1925#503197—
1924#488202—
1923#555169—
1922#515184—
1921#500197—
1920#486200—
1919#548158—
1918#583151—
1917#665104—
1916#612122—
1915#624111—
1914#60189—
1913#58776—
1912#57171—
1911#57356—
1910#52261—
1909#48858—
1908#61738—
1907#55443—
1906#52843—
1905#57037—
1904#60032—
1903#60729—
1902#68824—
1901#65923—
1900#52441—
1899#61625—
1898#71921—
1897#78616—
1896#75418—
1895#70320—
1894#81214—
1893#76715—
1892#76215—
1891#1,2136—
1890#75813—
1889#9508—
1888#1,1366—
1887#8608—
1886#8977—
1885#7459—
1884#68610—
1883#6928—
1882#6788—
1881#6797—
1880#8365—
First appearance
1880

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 1937

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #547 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,766 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedDEArizona: #174 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 648 girlsAZNew Mexico: #205 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 896 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedHITexas: #160 for girls · 80 births · 1 in 698 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Manuela, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Texas#160 · 1 in 698
  2. Arizona#174 · 1 in 648
  3. New Mexico#205 · 1 in 896
  4. California#547 · 1 in 6,766

Best ever in a state: #38 in Arizona, 1922.

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Arizona#17471 in 648
New Mexico#20561 in 896
California#54761 in 6,766
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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
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
40 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1920 at #486 (200 births)
  • Births halved by 1935, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 70 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 70 yrs · run 1892–1950
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,987
  • 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
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 17.2% of all girls named Manuela (1,895) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s76#678 (1882)#816
1890s163#616 (1899)#789
1900s368#488 (1909)#584
1910s999#522 (1910)#589
1920s1,895#486 (1920)#508
1930s1,139#544 (1930)#631
1940s1,087#689 (1948)#754
1950s813#773 (1950)#1,122
1960s638#1,258 (1962)#1,415
1970s655#1,355 (1976)#1,548
1980s596#1,474 (1980)#1,939
1990s681#1,600 (1992)#2,097
2000s741#2,035 (2001)#2,379
2010s697#2,179 (2018)#2,578
2020s485#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 1937

girls
#673
102 births · 1 in 10,432 girls

Top girls' names in 1937

  1. #1Mary55,641
  2. #2Barbara34,917
  3. #3Patricia26,838
  4. #4Shirley26,823
  5. #5Betty25,337
  6. #6Carol17,336
  7. #7Nancy17,074
  8. #8Dorothy16,572
  9. #9Joan15,301
  10. #10Margaret15,144
  11. #673Manuela102
More about 1937

girls

1,064,033 girls got a published name in 1937; 1 in 10,432 of them was named Manuela, which outranked 86.3% of the 4,930 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Manuela
  1. #670Georgiana103
  2. #670Lona103
  3. #670Lynette103
  4. #673Manuela102
  5. #673Clementine102
  6. #673Erna102
  7. #673Josefina102
  8. #677Alvina101
  9. #677Felicia101
  10. #677Florene101

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,217Noreta#4,181 → #964
  2. ↑ 2,845Noretta#3,701 → #856
  3. ↑ 2,351Leilani#3,103 → #752
  4. ↑ 1,407Deann#2,263 → #856
  5. ↑ 1,209Norita#1,741 → #532
Fallers
  1. ↓ 438Dorla#951 → #1,389
  2. ↓ 331Vilma#951 → #1,282
  3. ↓ 303Imelda#979 → #1,282
  4. ↓ 297Lulu#695 → #992
  5. ↓ 292Lyda#840 → #1,132

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1937 →