Mansa

Mansa was the #4,050 boys' name in the US in 2025 (26 babies).

Mansa as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Mansa as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020US
Mansa as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
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.
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YearUSEngland & Wales
2025#4,050 (26)—
2024#4,701 (21)—
2023#3,416 (34)#2,814 (7)
2022#4,303 (24)—
2021#3,497 (32)#4,789 (3)
2020#3,344 (33)#4,608 (3)
2019#4,337 (23)#3,937 (4)
2018#3,446 (32)—
2017#3,993 (26)—
2016#4,943 (19)—
2015#12,086 (5)—
2014#8,130 (9)—
2013#9,655 (7)—
2003#9,581 (6)—
1978#4,554 (7)—

Mansa as a girl’s name

  • England & Wales
Mansa as a girl’s name, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1996–2025, for England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.2200020052010201520202025England & Wales
Mansa as a girl’s name, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1996–2025, for England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.2200020102020
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.
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YearEngland & Wales
2025#983 (35)
2024#1,541 (20)
2023#2,928 (8)
2022#3,534 (6)
2021#3,961 (5)
2020#3,117 (7)
2018#4,684 (4)
2017#4,763 (4)
2016#3,214 (7)
2014#4,684 (4)
2005#4,798 (3)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #3,416.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1970.

How common is it?

about 1 in 67,000 baby boys 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
USBoys2025about 1 in 67,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 7,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Mansa is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 75,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 49,000 to 1 in 110,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.