Manda
Manda was last recorded in 2016, when 5 babies were given it; 3,294 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2016 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,970 Americans named Manda and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (60% of everyone recorded); the median is 46 years old and half are between 39 and 52.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Manda by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Manda mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Manda is “a diminutive of the female given name Amanda.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Manda?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #17,882, in 2016; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
102 babies in 1975, the peak
Manda peaked in 1975, when 102 girls were given it, #1,143 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | #17,882 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,979 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 5 | #19,120 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 7 | #14,805 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 5 | #19,425 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 10 | #11,130 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,541 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 5 | #17,376 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,620 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 6 | #14,651 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (131)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7 | #12,620 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 10 | #9,222 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 10 | #9,011 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,144 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,429 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,591 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,771 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 28 | #3,836 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 39 | #3,007 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 44 | #2,716 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 42 | #2,772 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 57 | #2,155 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 70 | #1,795 | 0.04 |
| 1987 | 73 | #1,671 | 0.04 |
| 1986 | 80 | #1,530 | 0.05 |
| 1985 | 69 | #1,687 | 0.04 |
| 1984 | 64 | #1,717 | 0.04 |
| 1983 | 66 | #1,684 | 0.04 |
| 1982 | 83 | #1,452 | 0.05 |
| 1981 | 94 | #1,333 | 0.06 |
| 1980 | 73 | #1,595 | 0.04 |
| 1979 | 90 | #1,370 | 0.06 |
| 1978 | 94 | #1,293 | 0.06 |
| 1977 | 96 | #1,253 | 0.06 |
| 1976 | 86 | #1,282 | 0.06 |
| 1975 | 102 | #1,143 | 0.07 |
| 1974 | 55 | #1,679 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 50 | #1,762 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 38 | #2,079 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 41 | #2,050 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 43 | #1,973 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 24 | #2,744 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 12 | #4,133 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 19 | #2,926 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,344 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,694 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,246 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,433 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 6 | #6,293 | under 0.01 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,750 | under 0.01 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,343 | under 0.01 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,865 | under 0.01 |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,663 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 10 | #4,095 | under 0.01 |
| 1956 | 16 | #3,002 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,704 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,966 | under 0.01 |
| 1953 | 16 | #2,765 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 12 | #3,316 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 12 | #3,220 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,842 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,799 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,266 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,906 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,856 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,879 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,349 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,177 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,429 | under 0.01 |
| 1941 | 6 | #4,243 | under 0.01 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,881 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,309 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,916 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,267 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,342 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,520 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,672 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,628 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 15 | #2,198 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,689 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 17 | #2,079 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 18 | #1,983 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 20 | #1,939 | 0.02 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,990 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,422 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 32 | #1,460 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 32 | #1,490 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 32 | #1,445 | 0.03 |
| 1922 | 28 | #1,597 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 28 | #1,601 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 27 | #1,605 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 35 | #1,308 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 31 | #1,401 | 0.03 |
| 1917 | 27 | #1,459 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 27 | #1,430 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 25 | #1,465 | 0.03 |
| 1914 | 23 | #1,325 | 0.03 |
| 1913 | 18 | #1,386 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 25 | #1,046 | 0.04 |
| 1911 | 15 | #1,216 | 0.04 |
| 1910 | 25 | #871 | 0.06 |
| 1909 | 11 | #1,340 | 0.03 |
| 1908 | 24 | #802 | 0.07 |
| 1907 | 18 | #912 | 0.06 |
| 1906 | 16 | #947 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 20 | #839 | 0.07 |
| 1904 | 22 | #767 | 0.08 |
| 1903 | 20 | #779 | 0.08 |
| 1902 | 25 | #682 | 0.09 |
| 1901 | 19 | #760 | 0.08 |
| 1900 | 22 | #792 | 0.07 |
| 1899 | 26 | #615 | 0.11 |
| 1898 | 21 | #737 | 0.08 |
| 1897 | 15 | #853 | 0.06 |
| 1896 | 23 | #664 | 0.10 |
| 1895 | 20 | #716 | 0.09 |
| 1894 | 24 | #602 | 0.11 |
| 1893 | 16 | #754 | 0.08 |
| 1892 | 23 | #585 | 0.11 |
| 1891 | 19 | #619 | 0.10 |
| 1890 | 16 | #684 | 0.08 |
| 1889 | 17 | #632 | 0.10 |
| 1888 | 29 | #464 | 0.16 |
| 1887 | 19 | #521 | 0.13 |
| 1886 | 19 | #518 | 0.13 |
| 1885 | 21 | #464 | 0.16 |
| 1884 | 17 | #516 | 0.13 |
| 1883 | 18 | #458 | 0.16 |
| 1882 | 11 | #588 | 0.10 |
| 1881 | 14 | #464 | 0.15 |
| 1880 | 10 | #567 | 0.11 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Manda a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Manda has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 131 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Manda: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Manda, and how old are they?
1,970 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 60% of the 3,294 Americans ever recorded as Manda. The median Manda alive today is 46 years old; half are between 39 and 52.
The 2020 Census counted 2,257 people named Manda (2,238 women and girls, 19 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,060 born in the U.S. The Census count is 10% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 57 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 155 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 796 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 838 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 117 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 5 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Manda born?
The states with the most babies named Manda are Texas, California and Kentucky, with 48% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Kentucky is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 102 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| California | 80 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Kentucky | 71 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Ohio | 49 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 39 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Indiana | 36 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Michigan | 30 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Illinois | 25 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Georgia | 20 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| New York | 18 | not ranked | 0.1× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Manda with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 59,634 babies since 1880, Manda is the third most given (5.5% of them). In 2025 none of their 38 babies recorded by SSA was a Manda (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Manda
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Manda and names like it
- Compare Manda and MandyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sManda peaked in 1975.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Manda since 1910.
- The top names of 1975The year the most babies were named Manda.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Manda alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with MMost given first.