Unisex name · since 2000
Manhattan
Manhattan has 91 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,199 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,984 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 91
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
91 babies have been named Manhattan since 2000, making it today's #13984 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Manhattan recorded 91 times among girls since 2000, holding rank #13984 nationally today, ahead of 19% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #28,199 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,984 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 91 born since 2000
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Manhattan ranks #28,199 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,984 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 91 born since 2000, peaking in the 2000s.
- #28,199 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,984 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 91
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Manhattan's 91 recorded births place it above 60.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Manhattan compares
91 23rd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Manhattan's all-time total is 76% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Manhattan | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 91 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Manhattan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Manhattan's full recorded timeline at 2011, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2000, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Manhattan popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Manhattan popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2015 (Manhattan as boys' name)
Manhattan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (37 births, 41% of the file).
2000s was Manhattan's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Manhattan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
37 births
- 2010s
2010s
34 births
- 2020s
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 37 births (41% of all-time use).
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What to do with Manhattan's data
- Manhattan's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (37 total births) through the 2020s (20) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Manhattan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~25 yrs)
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, 2000–2025 (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 Manhattan 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.