Manoj — boys' name
224 babies named Manoj in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Manoj was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Manoj in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Manoj
The Social Security Administration has registered 224 babies named Manoj between 1964 and 2008, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Manoj currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Manoj performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 73 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Manoj shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Manoj in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Manoj 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 224 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.
Manoj at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Manoj popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1964
- Peak year (1979)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
224 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 14 births in a single year.
Manoj by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 73 births that decade — 33% of Manoj's all-time total
Manoj decade highlights
- Peak decade 73 births
- Runner-up 69 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Manoj's strongest decade
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Manoj by state
Where Manoj concentrates geographically — total births since 1964
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 2.2% |
5 of 224 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 2.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1964–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.