Manny
Manny was given to 37 boys in 2025, #3,220 among boys’ names; 4,087 Americans have been recorded with it since 1900 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,290 Americans named Manny and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (81% of everyone recorded); the median is 28 years old and half are between 15 and 49.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Manny by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Manny mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Manny is “a diminutive of the male given name Emmanuel.”
Also “a diminutive of the male given name Manfred.”
Diminutive with -y.
/ˈmæni/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Manny?
#3,220 among boys’ names, 2025
Manny fell from #2,046 in 2015 to #3,220 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 36.5 to 21.7 per million.
113 babies in 2009, the peak
Manny peaked in 2009, when 113 boys were given it, #1,479 among boys’ names. The 37 births of 2025 are 33% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #3,220 | 21.7 |
| 2024 | 49 | #2,696 | 28.4 |
| 2023 | 53 | #2,527 | 31.0 |
| 2022 | 63 | #2,287 | 36.1 |
| 2021 | 70 | #2,090 | 40.0 |
| 2020 | 47 | #2,681 | 27.2 |
| 2019 | 47 | #2,719 | 26.2 |
| 2018 | 54 | #2,434 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,168 | 20.0 |
| 2016 | 49 | #2,579 | 25.8 |
Every recorded year (120)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 70 | #2,046 | 36.5 |
| 2014 | 64 | #2,145 | 33.3 |
| 2013 | 60 | #2,191 | 31.7 |
| 2012 | 69 | #2,024 | 36.4 |
| 2011 | 80 | #1,802 | 42.1 |
| 2010 | 96 | #1,633 | 50.0 |
| 2009 | 113 | #1,479 | 57.0 |
| 2008 | 92 | #1,673 | 45.1 |
| 2007 | 73 | #1,939 | 35.2 |
| 2006 | 66 | #2,028 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 57 | #2,151 | 28.5 |
| 2004 | 49 | #2,327 | 24.7 |
| 2003 | 49 | #2,218 | 24.8 |
| 2002 | 50 | #2,137 | 25.8 |
| 2001 | 52 | #2,036 | 26.8 |
| 2000 | 51 | #2,001 | 26.0 |
| 1999 | 51 | #1,919 | 26.6 |
| 1998 | 36 | #2,426 | 18.8 |
| 1997 | 46 | #1,983 | 24.4 |
| 1996 | 49 | #1,858 | 25.9 |
| 1995 | 38 | #2,154 | 20.0 |
| 1994 | 30 | #2,538 | 15.5 |
| 1993 | 46 | #1,838 | 23.5 |
| 1992 | 55 | #1,609 | 27.5 |
| 1991 | 47 | #1,730 | 23.3 |
| 1990 | 49 | #1,674 | 23.9 |
| 1989 | 44 | #1,746 | 22.0 |
| 1988 | 40 | #1,750 | 20.9 |
| 1987 | 50 | #1,450 | 26.8 |
| 1986 | 34 | #1,819 | 18.5 |
| 1985 | 40 | #1,607 | 21.6 |
| 1984 | 27 | #2,013 | 15.0 |
| 1983 | 39 | #1,547 | 21.8 |
| 1982 | 34 | #1,720 | 18.7 |
| 1981 | 42 | #1,489 | 23.4 |
| 1980 | 30 | #1,892 | 16.8 |
| 1979 | 39 | #1,521 | 22.7 |
| 1978 | 39 | #1,495 | 23.8 |
| 1977 | 36 | #1,561 | 21.9 |
| 1976 | 39 | #1,442 | 24.9 |
| 1975 | 36 | #1,492 | 23.1 |
| 1974 | 46 | #1,239 | 29.3 |
| 1973 | 36 | #1,421 | 23.1 |
| 1972 | 31 | #1,551 | 19.1 |
| 1971 | 30 | #1,619 | 17.0 |
| 1970 | 38 | #1,364 | 20.4 |
| 1969 | 36 | #1,343 | 20.1 |
| 1968 | 16 | #2,078 | 9.2 |
| 1967 | 29 | #1,433 | 16.6 |
| 1966 | 33 | #1,337 | 18.5 |
| 1965 | 33 | #1,351 | 17.7 |
| 1964 | 46 | #1,138 | 23.1 |
| 1963 | 49 | #1,098 | 24.1 |
| 1962 | 45 | #1,158 | 21.8 |
| 1961 | 52 | #1,090 | 24.5 |
| 1960 | 45 | #1,171 | 21.1 |
| 1959 | 37 | #1,291 | 17.3 |
| 1958 | 47 | #1,122 | 22.1 |
| 1957 | 44 | #1,177 | 20.4 |
| 1956 | 28 | #1,500 | 13.2 |
| 1955 | 22 | #1,667 | 10.7 |
| 1954 | 19 | #1,797 | 9.3 |
| 1953 | 18 | #1,873 | 9.1 |
| 1952 | 25 | #1,535 | 12.9 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,207 | 6.9 |
| 1950 | 22 | #1,595 | 12.3 |
| 1949 | 25 | #1,489 | 14.1 |
| 1948 | 15 | #1,993 | 8.5 |
| 1947 | 27 | #1,438 | 14.8 |
| 1946 | 18 | #1,730 | 11.1 |
| 1945 | 17 | #1,670 | 12.6 |
| 1944 | 18 | #1,661 | 13.2 |
| 1943 | 16 | #1,881 | 11.2 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,570 | 15.2 |
| 1941 | 16 | #1,799 | 13.0 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,605 | 7.8 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,556 | 8.1 |
| 1938 | 14 | #1,948 | 12.6 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,285 | 10.3 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,621 | 17.4 |
| 1935 | 15 | #1,893 | 14.4 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,350 | 10.7 |
| 1933 | 16 | #1,805 | 16.1 |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,770 | 8.6 |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,005 | 7.7 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,254 | 11.8 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,066 | 13.9 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,225 | 12.6 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,633 | 9.8 |
| 1926 | 16 | #2,041 | 14.4 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,274 | 12.5 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,307 | 12.4 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,714 | 10.0 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,300 | 12.9 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,116 | 14.5 |
| 1920 | 27 | #1,447 | 25.4 |
| 1919 | 17 | #1,936 | 17.3 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,345 | 12.8 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,568 | 23.8 |
| 1916 | 24 | #1,451 | 27.0 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,751 | 20.0 |
| 1914 | 18 | #1,474 | 27.5 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,760 | 21.5 |
| 1912 | 19 | #1,082 | 44.2 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,667 | 26.6 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,755 | 25.7 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,614 | 30.5 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,524 | 32.4 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,052 | 52.9 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,129 | 46.5 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Manny a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Manny has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 120 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Manny: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Manny, and how old are they?
3,290 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 81% of the 4,087 Americans ever recorded as Manny. The median Manny alive today is 28 years old; half are between 15 and 49.
The 2020 Census counted 8,173 people named Manny (142 women and girls, 8,031 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,108 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.6 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 52 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 414 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 484 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 631 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,010 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 695 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Manny born?
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 7 | #1,509 | 2.7× |
| California | 7 | #2,121 | 1.2× |
Where Manny is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Manny is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 2.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Manny with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 6,490 babies since 1880, Manny is the most given (63% of them). In 2025 it was given to 37 of their 73 babies (51%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Manny
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Manny and names like it
- Compare Manny and MannieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sManny peaked in 2009.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Manny since 1910.
- The top names of 2009The year the most babies were named Manny.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Manny alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with MMost given first.