Manley — boys' name

What the Data Says About Manley

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,251 babies named Manley between 1880 and 2023, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Manley currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 67 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Manley performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 500 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Manley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 96 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Manley in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Manley 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 2,251 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.