Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Manly

#7,111 most common boys' name of all time · #17,860 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–2000

Rank among boys
#7,111
Rank overall
#17,860 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
521
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1922 #1,555
Best rank
#921 1881
Girls Boys peak 24/yr
1880190019201940196019802000

Manly is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2000 — 5 5 #10,383
1990 — 5 5 #8,160
1981 — 5 5 #6,307
1973 — 6 6 #4,543
1968 — 6 6 #3,714
1966 — 5 5 #3,988
1959 — 6 6 #3,649
1958 — 6 6 #3,600
1956 — 5 5 #3,975
1954 — 7 7 #3,205
1953 — 6 6 #3,460
1952 — 8 8 #2,902
1949 — 10 10 #2,469
1948 — 8 8 #2,811
1947 — 11 11 #2,372
1944 — 7 7 #2,886
1943 — 13 13 #2,089
1942 — 17 17 #1,743
1941 — 6 6 #3,175
1940 — 17 17 #1,695
1939 — 8 8 #2,635
1938 — 8 8 #2,675
1937 — 12 12 #2,105
1936 — 6 6 #3,182
1935 — 12 12 #2,142
1934 — 8 8 #2,779
1933 — 9 9 #2,569
1932 — 12 12 #2,211
1931 — 10 10 #2,501
1930 — 12 12 #2,315
1929 — 9 9 #2,795
1928 — 7 7 #3,385
1927 — 9 9 #2,941
1926 — 17 17 #1,921
1925 — 17 17 #1,949
1924 — 10 10 #2,843
1923 — 17 17 #1,955
1922 — 24 24 #1,555
1921 — 21 21 #1,716
1920 — 22 22 #1,649
1919 — 14 14 #2,167
1918 — 15 15 #2,088
1917 — 15 15 #2,005
1916 — 9 9 #2,747
1915 — 17 17 #1,719
1914 — 9 9 #2,299
1913 — 8 8 #2,117
1912 — 5 5 #2,571
1895 — 5 5 #1,138
1892 — 5 5 #1,137
1881 — 5 5 #921
1880 — 5 5 #1,012