Girls' name · since 1985

Manna

Manna has 218 recorded births since 1985 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2018 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#18,936 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#13,665 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
218
born since 1985
2010s
peak decade

Manna currently ranks #13665 among girls' names in America, with 218 babies recorded since 1985.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Manna has been recorded 218 times among girls since 1985, currently ranked #13665 nationally and more common than 21% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2025.

  • #18,936 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #13,665 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 218 born since 1985
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Manna ranks #18,936 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,665 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 218 born since 1985, peaking in the 2010s.

#18,936 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#13,665 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
218
born since 1985
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%20.9%
Manna vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Manna's 218 recorded births place it above 73.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Manna compares

218 39th 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

Manna's all-time total is 42% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Manna Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 218 376 567,345
Peak-year births 13 21 19,840

Manna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Manna's SSA record in two at 2011 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 2000, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2018 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Manna popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2018)
13
Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
468101214 198519982002200720122016202020242025 6

Manna by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (79 births, 36% of the file).

2010s was Manna's strongest decade.

79 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.

Manna births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 79 births (36% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Manna?
Manna has been given to 218 babies in the U.S. since 1985, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #18,936 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #13,665 of 17,297. 13 babies were born in 2018, its single highest year.
Where does Manna sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Manna ranks #18,936 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,665 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Manna most popular?
Manna was most popular in the 2010s decade with 79 total births. The single peak year was 2018.
How long has the name Manna been used?
Manna has been recorded in Social Security data since 1985, spanning 41 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Manna?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Mandy, Manuela, Mandi, Manda, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Manna's data

  • Manna's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (79 total births) through the 2020s (41) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Manna

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Manna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1985–2025 (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 Manna 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.