Girls' name · since 1917
Manon
833 babies named Manon in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,519 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,520 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 833
- born since 1917
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Manon is the #9520 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 833 recorded since 1917.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Manon has been recorded 833 times among girls since 1917, currently ranked #9520 nationally and more common than 45% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2025.
- #8,519 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,520 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 833 born since 1917
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Manon ranks #8,519 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,520 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 833 born since 1917, peaking in the 1990s.
- #8,519 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,520 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 833
- born since 1917
- 1990s
- peak decade
Manon's 833 recorded births place it above 88.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Manon compares
833 Top 35% higher than 65% of 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
Manon's all-time total is 122% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Manon | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 833 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 21 | 19,840 |
Manon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Manon splits its recorded history at 1980: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1917 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1999 peak of 26 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Manon popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
Manon popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1954 (Manon as boys' name)
Manon by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (175 births, 21% of the file).
1990s was Manon's strongest decade.
175 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Manon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 36
1920s
36 births
- 1930s 26
1930s
26 births
- 1940s 25
1940s
25 births
- 1950s
1950s
73 births
- 1960s
1960s
102 births
- 1970s
1970s
75 births
- 1980s 47
1980s
47 births
- 1990s
1990s
175 births
- 2000s
2000s
161 births
- 2010s 61
2010s
61 births
- 2020s 47
2020s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 175 births (21% of all-time use).
How Manon compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Manon's total volume
Manon by state
Where Manon concentrates geographically, total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 59 | 7.1% |
| #2 | New York | | 6 | 0.7% |
59 of 833 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Manon's data
- Manon's decade-level peak was the 1990s (175 total births); usage has since declined to 47 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Manons (59 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Manon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~108 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, 1917–2025 (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 Manon 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.