Unisex name · since 1991
Mani
Mani has 128 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 128
- total births
- 1991–2025
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 30%
- born in that decade
128 boys have been named Mani since 1991, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mani has been recorded 128 times among boys since 1991, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2025.
- 128 total births
- 1991–2025 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 30% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
128 boys have been named Mani since 1991, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2025.
- 128
- total births
- 1991–2025
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 30%
- born in that decade
30% of everyone ever named Mani was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Mani in 2025 - its busiest year on record.
Mani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mani's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1991, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mani at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mani popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2025.
128 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2025 with 13 births in a single year.
Mani popularity over time - girls
10 total births recorded since 2005 (Mani as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Mani accounts for 7% of total recorded use across both genders.
Mani by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Mani's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Mani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
26 births
- 2000s
2000s
39 births
- 2010s
2010s
37 births
- 2020s
2020s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 39 births (30% of all-time use).
Mani decade highlights
- Peak decade 39 births
- Runner-up 37 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Mani's data
- Mani's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (39 total births) through the 2020s (26) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1991–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Mani: Baby Name Since 1991 - 128 Births, Peak 2025." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mani. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Mani 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 July 2026.
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