Girls' name · since 1897
Manila
Since 1897, U.S. Social Security records show 214 babies named Manila, peaking in 1898. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,116 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 214
- born since 1897
- 1890s
- peak decade
Manila sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 214 recorded since 1897.
Manila has 214 recorded births among girls since 1897, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1890s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1897 to 1944.
- #19,116 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 214 born since 1897
- 1890s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Manila ranks #19,116 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 214 born since 1897, peaking in the 1890s.
- #19,116 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 214
- born since 1897
- 1890s
- peak decade
Manila's 214 recorded births place it above 73.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Manila's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Manila's full recorded timeline at 1918, 18% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 82% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1902, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1898 peak of 104 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Manila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1897–1944
- Peak year (1898)
- 104
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Manila by decade
1890s is the heaviest window (145 births, 68% of the file).
1890s was Manila's strongest decade.
145 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Manila births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s
1890s
145 births
- 1900s 25
1900s
25 births
- 1910s 17
1910s
17 births
- 1920s 12
1920s
12 births
- 1940s 15
1940s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1890s at 145 births (68% of all-time use).
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- Manila's decade-level peak was the 1890s (145 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 1940s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Manila: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1898)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1897–1944 (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 Manila 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.