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.

Manu

#5,941 most common boys' name of all time · #14,775 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1972–2025

Rank among boys
#5,941
Rank overall
#14,775 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
706
Since 2016
191
Peak year
2006 #3,735
Best rank
#2,900 1977
Girls Boys peak 27/yr
198020002020

Manu first appears in 1972. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 23 23 #4,445
2024 — 18 18 #5,304
2023 — 20 20 #4,950
2022 — 19 19 #5,083
2021 — 25 25 #4,177
2020 — 19 19 #4,922
2019 — 15 15 #5,901
2018 — 15 15 #5,853
2017 — 17 17 #5,373
2016 — 20 20 #4,833
2015 — 17 17 #5,366
2014 — 12 12 #6,765
2013 — 21 21 #4,524
2012 — 16 16 #5,568
2011 — 11 11 #7,148
2010 — 16 16 #5,578
2009 — 18 18 #5,188
2008 — 11 11 #7,339
2007 — 25 25 #4,060
2006 — 27 27 #3,735
2005 — 19 19 #4,535
2004 — 18 18 #4,694
2003 — 19 19 #4,343
2002 — 12 12 #5,863
2001 — 13 13 #5,501
2000 — 15 15 #4,910
1999 — 9 9 #6,725
1998 — 12 12 #5,303
1997 — 6 6 #8,522
1996 5 12 17 #5,019
1995 — 7 7 #7,306
1994 — 6 6 #8,160
1993 — 11 11 #5,194
1992 — 10 10 #5,458
1991 — 8 8 #6,198
1990 — 7 7 #6,781
1989 — 7 7 #6,610
1988 — 5 5 #7,789
1987 — 11 11 #4,158
1986 — 13 13 #3,590
1985 — 8 8 #4,998
1983 — 10 10 #4,064
1982 — 6 6 #6,071
1981 — 11 11 #3,805
1980 — 15 15 #3,078
1979 — 10 10 #4,018
1978 — 10 10 #3,804
1977 — 15 15 #2,900
1976 — 10 10 #3,688
1975 — 7 7 #4,715
1973 — 8 8 #4,027
1972 — 6 6 #4,957