Manda — girls' name
3,294 babies named Manda in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
22% of everyone ever named Manda was born in this single decade.
102 babies were named Manda in 1975 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Manda
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,294 babies named Manda between 1880 and 2016, spanning 137 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Manda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 102 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Manda performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 729 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Manda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 102 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Kentucky. In total, SSA state-level files list Manda in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Manda 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 3,294 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.
Manda at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Manda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1880
- Peak year (1975)
- 102
- Annual births at peak — across 137 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
3,294 total births across 137 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1975 with 102 births in a single year.
Manda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 729 births that decade — 22% of Manda's all-time total
Manda decade highlights
- Peak decade 729 births
- Runner-up 695 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Manda's strongest decade
729 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
Manda by state
Where Manda concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 102 | 3.1% |
| #2 | California | | 80 | 2.4% |
| #3 | Kentucky | | 71 | 2.2% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 49 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 39 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 36 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 30 | 0.9% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 25 | 0.8% |
102 of 3,294 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 17 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.1% of nationwide
- California 2.4% of nationwide
- Kentucky 2.2% of nationwide
- Ohio 1.5% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 17 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Manda appears in 17 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.