Manual
#4,753 most common boys' name of all time · #11,713 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1910–2010
Rank among boys
#4,753
Rank overall
#11,713 of 105,966
First appeared
1910
Years on the list
92 of 146
All-time
1,021
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1928 #1,599
Best rank
#1,544 1915
Girls
Boys
peak 23/yr
Manual first appears in 1910. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,847 |
| 2008 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,673 |
| 2005 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,237 |
| 2004 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,456 |
| 2003 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,710 |
| 2000 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,447 |
| 1999 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,024 |
| 1998 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,558 |
| 1997 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,351 |
| 1996 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,034 |
| 1992 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,710 |
| 1991 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,815 |
| 1990 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,505 |
| 1989 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,320 |
| 1988 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,846 |
| 1987 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,649 |
| 1986 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,162 |
| 1985 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,248 |
| 1984 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,274 |
| 1983 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,205 |
| 1982 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,101 |
| 1981 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,079 |
| 1980 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,903 |
| 1979 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,136 |
| 1978 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,103 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,980 |
| 1976 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,319 |
| 1975 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,730 |
| 1974 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,487 |
| 1973 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,763 |
| 1972 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,464 |
| 1971 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,452 |
| 1970 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,956 |
| 1969 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,604 |
| 1968 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,064 |
| 1967 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,943 |
| 1966 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,542 |
| 1965 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,312 |
| 1964 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,462 |
| 1963 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,936 |
| 1962 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,922 |
| 1961 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,198 |
| 1960 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1959 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,732 |
| 1958 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,706 |
| 1957 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,433 |
| 1956 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,058 |
| 1955 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,013 |
| 1954 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,277 |
| 1953 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,551 |
| 1952 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,449 |
| 1951 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,308 |
| 1950 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,989 |
| 1949 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,284 |
| 1948 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,427 |
| 1947 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,196 |
| 1946 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,474 |
| 1945 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,195 |
| 1944 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 1943 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,484 |
| 1942 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,618 |
| 1941 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,960 |
| 1940 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,266 |
| 1939 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,938 |
| 1938 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,745 |
| 1937 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,588 |
| 1936 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,737 |
| 1935 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,630 |
| 1934 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,075 |
| 1933 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,884 |
| 1932 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,151 |
| 1931 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,564 |
| 1930 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,372 |
| 1929 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,834 |
| 1928 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,599 |
| 1927 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,677 |
| 1926 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,963 |
| 1925 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,668 |
| 1924 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,197 |
| 1923 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,394 |
| 1922 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,204 |
| 1921 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,033 |
| 1920 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,194 |
| 1919 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,795 |
| 1918 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,882 |
| 1917 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,505 |
| 1916 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,010 |
| 1915 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,544 |
| 1914 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,386 |
| 1913 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,044 |
| 1912 | — | 6 | 6 | #2,429 |
| 1910 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,822 |