Mansa — #4741 US boys' name
295 babies named Mansa in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 67% of names given to boys today.
49% of everyone ever named Mansa was born in this single decade.
34 babies were named Mansa in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mansa
The Social Security Administration has registered 295 babies named Mansa between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mansa currently holds the #4741 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 34 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mansa performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 144 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Mansa shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Mansa in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mansa 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 295 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.
Mansa at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Mansa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1970
- Peak year (2023)
- 34
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
Currently ranks #4741 among boys.
295 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 34 births in a single year.
Mansa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 144 births that decade — 49% of Mansa's all-time total
Mansa decade highlights
- Peak decade 144 births
- Runner-up 120 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Mansa's strongest decade
144 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Mansa by state
Where Mansa concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 7 | 2.4% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 6 | 2.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 6 | 2.0% |
| #4 | Texas | | 6 | 2.0% |
7 of 295 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 2.4% of nationwide
- Georgia 2.0% of nationwide
- New York 2.0% of nationwide
- Texas 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.4% 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, 1970–2024 (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.