Manuela
Manuela is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 90 births. Its best rank was 486th, in 1920.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 900.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 1924202 births
- Best rank
- #486in 1920
- Since 1880
- 10,961people given the name
The story in the numbers
10,961 girls have been named Manuela in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1924, with 202 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1948, and the 1920s alone account for 17%. It has spent 70 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Manuela | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 76 | |
| 1890s | 163 | |
| 1900s | 368 | |
| 1910s | 999 | |
| 1920s | 1,895 | |
| 1930s | 1,139 | |
| 1940s | 1,087 | |
| 1950s | 813 | |
| 1960s | 638 | |
| 1970s | 655 | |
| 1980s | 596 | |
| 1990s | 681 | |
| 2000s | 739 | |
| 2010s | 697 | |
| 2020s | 415 |
In 1924, its biggest year
Manuela was the 491st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1924 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Betty and Margaret. See all of 1924.
Names that rose and fell with Manuela
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Millicentpeak 1927
- Esterpeak 1925
- Delfinapeak 1925
- Dorcaspeak 1923
- Jewelpeak 1920
- Hellenpeak 1924
- Petrapeak 1927
- Miriampeak 1924
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.