Menno
Menno was given to 30 boys in 2025, #3,721 among boys’ names; 1,458 Americans have been recorded with it since 1896 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,060 Americans named Menno and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (73% of everyone recorded); the median is 25 years old and half are between 11 and 42.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Menno by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Menno mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Menno is “a male given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Menno?
#3,721 among boys’ names, 2025
Menno rose from #3,952 in 2015 to #3,721 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 14.1 to 17.6 per million.
33 babies in 2021, the peak
Menno peaked in 2021, when 33 boys were given it, #3,464 among boys’ names. The 30 births of 2025 are 91% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #3,721 | 17.6 |
| 2024 | 33 | #3,495 | 19.2 |
| 2023 | 31 | #3,684 | 18.1 |
| 2022 | 23 | #4,527 | 13.2 |
| 2021 | 33 | #3,464 | 18.9 |
| 2020 | 26 | #3,985 | 15.1 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,292 | 13.4 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,695 | 8.8 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,682 | 11.3 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,880 | 10.5 |
Every recorded year (109)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 27 | #3,952 | 14.1 |
| 2014 | 14 | #6,196 | 7.3 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,563 | 11.1 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,627 | 11.1 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,454 | 11.6 |
| 2010 | 7 | #10,381 | 3.6 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,309 | 7.1 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,347 | 11.3 |
| 2007 | 18 | #5,139 | 8.7 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,625 | 9.7 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,578 | 9.5 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,363 | 10.1 |
| 2003 | 28 | #3,330 | 14.2 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,135 | 10.3 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,800 | 11.3 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,497 | 8.7 |
| 1999 | 21 | #3,658 | 10.9 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,328 | 8.4 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,939 | 5.3 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,122 | 8.4 |
| 1995 | 9 | #6,235 | 4.7 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,696 | 9.3 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,374 | 7.1 |
| 1992 | 18 | #3,550 | 9.0 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,945 | 7.4 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,892 | 7.3 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,940 | 7.0 |
| 1988 | 22 | #2,656 | 11.5 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,809 | 4.8 |
| 1986 | 16 | #3,077 | 8.7 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,163 | 8.1 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,214 | 7.8 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,870 | 8.9 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,405 | 3.9 |
| 1981 | 17 | #2,743 | 9.5 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,545 | 6.7 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,714 | 2.9 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,876 | 9.1 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,754 | 6.1 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,402 | 7.0 |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,855 | 9.0 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,941 | 5.1 |
| 1972 | 11 | #3,086 | 6.8 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,563 | 5.1 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,798 | 2.8 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,571 | 4.0 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,831 | 3.4 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,573 | 6.2 |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,797 | 3.2 |
| 1964 | 13 | #2,377 | 6.5 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,463 | 5.8 |
| 1961 | 13 | #2,385 | 6.1 |
| 1960 | 9 | #3,009 | 4.2 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,973 | 4.2 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,472 | 3.3 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,830 | 2.8 |
| 1956 | 8 | #3,116 | 3.8 |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,757 | 2.9 |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,358 | 3.4 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,839 | 4.6 |
| 1952 | 5 | #4,095 | 2.6 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,258 | 3.7 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,575 | 3.4 |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,209 | 4.0 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,404 | 3.7 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,154 | 8.8 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,873 | 3.5 |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,439 | 4.3 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,381 | 4.9 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,798 | 6.9 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,426 | 9.0 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,063 | 6.7 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,989 | 4.8 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,507 | 9.7 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,482 | 10.1 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,271 | 6.7 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,141 | 4.8 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,486 | 6.4 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,279 | 12.1 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,782 | 9.0 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,840 | 8.9 |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,838 | 9.0 |
| 1925 | 17 | #1,983 | 15.2 |
| 1924 | 17 | #2,021 | 15.0 |
| 1923 | 17 | #1,996 | 15.5 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,307 | 12.9 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,740 | 10.0 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,708 | 6.6 |
| 1919 | 18 | #1,855 | 18.4 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,354 | 12.8 |
| 1917 | 16 | #1,953 | 17.3 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,222 | 14.6 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,754 | 20.0 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,391 | 13.7 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,767 | 21.5 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,695 | 23.3 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,918 | 22.1 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,618 | 30.5 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,210 | 41.8 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Menno a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Menno has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 109 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Menno: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Menno, and how old are they?
1,060 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 73% of the 1,458 Americans ever recorded as Menno. The median Menno alive today is 25 years old; half are between 11 and 42.
The 2020 Census counted 1,076 people named Menno (5 women and girls, 1,071 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 931 born in the U.S. The Census count is 16% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 20 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 89 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 115 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 223 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 293 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 317 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Menno born?
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 10 | #583 | 1.6× |
| Pennsylvania | 6 | #1,191 | 1.3× |
Where Menno is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Menno is most over-represented in Pennsylvania: since 1910 it was given 1.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Menno with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Menno
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1890-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Armin | 3,317 | |
| Constantine | 6,720 | |
| Amiel | 1,313 | |
| Amadeo | 1,960 | |
| Sebastiano | 1,005 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Menno and names like it
- Compare Menno and ArminBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sMenno peaked in 2021.
- Pennsylvania’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Menno since 1910.
- The top names of 2021The year the most babies were named Menno.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Menno alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with MMost given first.