Manus

Peak · boys
1929 · 9 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
125
since 1914

Manus over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Manus has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank192019401960198020002020peak #2,766, 1929boys
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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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First appearance
1914

The first year at least five boys were named Manus! It came in at #3,264, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1914–1916, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Manus is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Manus in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

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Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
Rise & fade · boys
15 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 1929 at #2,766 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1930, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 115,685
  • Highest: 1 in 115,685 boys born in 1917 were named Manus (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 342,546 boys born in 2006 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,766 in 1929, was only 1 in 119,513 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 29.6% of all boys named Manus (37) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s20#2,956 (1917)#3,204
1920s37#2,766 (1929)#3,333
1930s11#3,390 (1931)#3,583
1940s21#3,231 (1943)#3,455
1950s5#3,681 (1950)#3,681
1960s5#4,048 (1963)#4,048
1970s12#4,554 (1978)#4,828
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2000s14#8,143 (2004)#9,403

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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