Manual — boys' name

What the Data Says About Manual

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,021 babies named Manual between 1910 and 2010, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Manual currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Manual performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 177 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Manual shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Manual in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Manual 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 1,021 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.