Man — boys' name

What the Data Says About Man

The Social Security Administration has registered 207 babies named Man between 1884 and 2020, spanning 137 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Man currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Man is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 150 additional births since 1985.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Man performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 69 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Man shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Man in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Man in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 207 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.