How rare is the name Manish?

4,856 people in the United States have the first name Manish, about 1 in 62,198. It ranks #4,003 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MANISH

#4,003

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,856
About
1 in 62,198
This common or more
83.4%
Who bears it

Of the 4,856 people named Manish, 96.8% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.6% as White. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Manish peaked in 1975, when 30 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19682022
Peak year
1975
Births that year
30
In 2022
5 ▼83%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 537 babies have been given the name since 1968. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Manish by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #5,447. The largest share of babies named Manish, 43.2%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1960s#13,33215
1970s#5,447195
1980s#8,480130
1990s#17,04062
2000s#18,52981
2010s#25,68244
2020s#33,74410
Generation X 1965–8043.2%
Millennials 1981–9627.6%
Generation Z 1997–1222.2%
2013 and later7.1%

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.

Either side of Manish

#4,001 Jalisa · 4,862#4,002 Nathen · 4,861#4,004 Rashawn · 4,855#4,005 Jacobo · 4,854

Spelled almost the same

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

#4,371 Manisha · 4,302#44,359 Manesh · 156

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