How rare is the name Manal?

3,833 people in the United States have the first name Manal, about 1 in 78,798. It ranks #4,740 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 3 others.

first name

MANAL

#4,740

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,833
About
1 in 78,798
This common or more
84.4%
Who bears it

Of the 3,833 people named Manal, 77.3% reported their origin as White, 9.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 8.1% as Black. 98.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Manal peaked in 2021, when 55 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19672025
Peak year
2021
Births that year
55
In 2025*
39 ▼29%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,440 babies have been given the name since 1967. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Manal by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #6,764. The largest share of babies named Manal, 34.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#13,57414
1970s#7,868109
1980s#7,185166
1990s#7,422226
2000s#7,210324
2010s#6,870373
2020s#6,764228
Generation X 1965–809.5%
Millennials 1981–9621.2%
Generation Z 1997–1234.6%
2013 and later34.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Exactly as common as Manal

3 other first names also have 3,833 people.

#4,740 Bayleigh · 3,833#4,740 Camelia · 3,833#4,740 Iona · 3,833

Either side of Manal

#4,740 Camelia · 3,833#4,740 Iona · 3,833#4,744 Dejuan · 3,831#4,744 Jeramy · 3,831

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Manal, most common first.

#5,661 Manual · 2,983#19,168 Manali · 556#24,147 Manel · 401#30,674 Manaal · 283#38,175 Manhal · 202#47,034 Manul · 140

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