Boys' name · since 2006
Manoa
Manoa has 43 recorded births since 2006 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,229 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,408 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 43
- born since 2006
- 2000s
- peak decade
43 babies have been named Manoa since 2006, making it today's #9408 boys' name.
Manoa has 43 recorded births among boys since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9408 as of the latest data, more common than 32% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.
- #23,229 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,408 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 43 born since 2006
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Manoa ranks #23,229 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,408 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 43 born since 2006, peaking in the 2000s.
- #23,229 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,408 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 43
- born since 2006
- 2000s
- peak decade
Manoa's 43 recorded births place it above 48.79% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Manoa compares
43 15th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Manoa's all-time total is 88% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Manoa | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 43 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Manoa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Manoa's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2008, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2016 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Manoa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Manoa by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (16 births, 37% of the file).
2000s was Manoa's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Manoa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
16 births
- 2010s
2010s
13 births
- 2020s
2020s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 16 births (37% of all-time use).
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What to do with Manoa's data
- Manoa's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (16 total births) through the 2020s (14) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Manoa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~19 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, 2006–2025 (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 Manoa 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.