Man

Boy · recorded 1884–2020

  • 2020last recorded
  • 1901best year

Most popular in 1901.

Last recorded in 2020. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Man.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1884

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 32 recorded years as a table
Man, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188444
190033
190147
190930
191031
191127
191314
19167
19185
19199
19208
19235
19256
19268
19285
19335
19395
19793
19804
19815
19826
19834
19844
19855
19864
19883
19893
19914
19933
20003
20173
20203

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Man isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2020
5
Rank in 2020
#12,022
How rare
1 in 345,215 boys
Since 1884
207

Man was last recorded in 2020. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1901, at 47 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Man doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.