Boys' name · since 2014
Manaf
Since 2014, U.S. Social Security records show 31 babies named Manaf, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #25,660 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,592 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 31
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
31 babies have been named Manaf since 2014, making it today's #11592 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Manaf has been recorded 31 times among boys since 2014, currently ranked #11592 nationally and more common than 17% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2014 to 2025.
- #25,660 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,592 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 31 born since 2014
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Manaf ranks #25,660 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,592 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 31 born since 2014, peaking in the 2020s.
- #25,660 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,592 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 31
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Manaf's 31 recorded births place it above 43.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Manaf compares
31 12th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Manaf's all-time total is 92% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Manaf | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 31 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Manaf's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Manaf's full recorded timeline at 2021, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2015, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Manaf popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Manaf by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (19 births, 61% of the file).
2020s was Manaf's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Manaf births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 19 births (61% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Manaf: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2014–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Manaf draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.