Manus — boys' name
125 babies named Manus in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1929. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
30% of everyone ever named Manus was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Manus in 1929 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Manus
The Social Security Administration has registered 125 babies named Manus between 1914 and 2006, spanning 93 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Manus currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1929, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Manus performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 37 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Manus shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Manus 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 125 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.
Manus at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Manus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1914
- Peak year (1929)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 93 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
125 total births across 93 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1929 with 9 births in a single year.
Manus by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 37 births that decade — 30% of Manus's all-time total
Manus decade highlights
- Peak decade 37 births
- Runner-up 21 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Manus's strongest decade
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
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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, 1914–2006 (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.