Manna

Manna was the #13,208 girls' name in the US in 2025 (6 babies), and #4,867 in England & Wales.

Manna as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
Manna as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Manna as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIreland
2025#13,208 (6)#4,867 (4)—
2024#10,271 (9)—#898 (3)
2023#15,194 (5)#4,710 (4)—
2022#10,383 (9)——
2021#13,464 (6)——
2020#13,453 (6)#5,493 (3)—
2019#8,138 (13)——
2018#8,146 (13)——
2017#9,341 (11)——
2016#11,781 (8)#4,763 (4)—
2015#11,835 (8)——
2014#16,513 (5)——
2013#11,969 (8)——
2012#16,869 (5)#5,876 (3)—
2011#12,153 (8)#5,785 (3)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #8,146.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1985.

How common is it?

about 1 in 250,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 250,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 63,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Manna is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 220,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 120,000 to 1 in 400,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.