Manhattan — #14267 US unisex name

What the Data Says About Manhattan

The Social Security Administration has registered 85 babies named Manhattan between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Manhattan currently holds the #14267 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Manhattan is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 2015.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Manhattan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 37 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Manhattan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Manhattan 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 85 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.