Manuelito — boys' name
136 babies named Manuelito in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
136 boys have been named Manuelito since 1968, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 2001.
- 136
- total births
- 1968–2001
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 40%
- born in that decade
40% of everyone ever named Manuelito was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Manuelito in 1974 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Manuelito
The Social Security Administration has registered 136 babies named Manuelito between 1968 and 2001, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Manuelito currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Manuelito performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 55 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Manuelito shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Mexico, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Manuelito in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Manuelito 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 136 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.
Manuelito at a glance
Last recorded 2001Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Manuelito popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1968
- Peak year (1974)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2001.
136 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1974 with 11 births in a single year.
Manuelito by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 55 births that decade — 40% of Manuelito's all-time total
Manuelito decade highlights
- Peak decade 55 births
- Runner-up 43 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Manuelito's strongest decade
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Manuelito by state
Where Manuelito concentrates geographically — total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Mexico | | 6 | 4.4% |
6 of 136 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New Mexico 4.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New Mexico accounts for 4.4% 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, 1968–2001 (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.