Manly

Boy · recorded 1880–2000

  • 2000last recorded
  • 1881best year

Most popular in 1881.

Last recorded in 2000. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

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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 52 recorded years as a table
Manly, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188045
188150
189241
189543
191212
191316
191414
191520
191610
191716
191815
191914
192021
192119
192222
192316
19249
192515
192615
19278
19286
19298
193011
193110
193211
19339
19348
193512
19366
193711
19387
19397
194015
19415
194212
19439
19445
19476
19485
19496
19524
19533
19543
19562
19583
19593
19663
19683
19734
19813
19902
20003

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Manly 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 2000
5
Rank in 2000
#10,349
How rare
1 in 392,800 boys
Since 1880
521

Manly was last recorded in 2000. 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 1881, at 50 per million boys born.

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

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