Manuelita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Manuelita

The Social Security Administration has registered 989 babies named Manuelita between 1886 and 2005, spanning 120 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Manuelita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Manuelita performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 146 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Manuelita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Mexico, which accounts for 279 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Manuelita in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Manuelita 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 989 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.