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Manuel

Means “pillar”*

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #283, 2016: #280, 2017: #274, 2018: #289, 2019: #298, 2020: #323, 2021: #321, 2022: #316, 2023: #332, 2024: #351, 2025: #3711 in 1,986 boys in the US, 2025#371 · falling · was #283 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #1,074, 2016: #974, 2017: #968, 2018: #1,040, 2019: #1,083, 2020: #962, 2021: #1,117, 2022: #1,314, 2023: #1,309, 2024: #898, 2025: #1,0351 in 9,377 boys in E&W, 2025#1,035 · steady · was #1,074 in 2015

Boy’s name · Spanish & Italian · /mɑnˈwɛl/

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What Manuel means

Means “pillar”

Options: "Q178885", "towards", "not", "strength" and "pillar".

Source: Wiktionary, “Manuel” (revision 94541469), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Manuel?

US 2025
#371
860 babies
▼ 20 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#1035
29 babies
▼ 137 vs 2024
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Falling: down from #283 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #1074 in 2015, #1035 now.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 boys born. Dot: biggest US share (1906)

Biggest US share so far: 1906, when 205 boys got the name (#104 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

  • About 1 in 1,986 baby boys in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 9,377 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AZ (1.62 per 1,000 boys), NE (1.47 per 1,000 boys), NM (1.38 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Manuel is #371 in the US and #1035 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#3718601 in 1,986#283
England & Wales#1035291 in 9,377#1074
Scotland––––

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Manuel were boys.

GirlsBoys
US 20250860
England & Wales 2025029
US all years since 18801,158191,584
England & Wales since 19960533

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

/mɑnˈwɛl/, /mænˈwɛl/

IPA from Wiktionary.

If you like Manuel

Boys

  • Francisco#322Same root as Francis, meaning “Frankish (man); a Frank”
  • Jorge#322Same root as George, meaning “farmer, earth worker”
  • Jose#95Same root as Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”
  • Ricardo#380Same root as Richard, meaning “king, ruler + hard, brave”
  • Jaime#657Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1980, with 1,462 babies; 420 in 2025
  • Raul#634Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2000, with 1,519 babies; 440 in 2025

For a sister

  • Alejandra#604Same root as Alexandra, meaning “to defend + man”
  • Andrea#235Feminine form of Andreas, meaning “manly”
  • Angelica#707Italian, meaning “angelic”
  • Bianca#500Form of Blanche, meaning “white”
  • Angel#546Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2002, with 3,100 babies; 551 in 2025
  • Ana#245Editor’s note Down from #211 in 2015 to #245 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Spanish & Italian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Manuel’s. Rank is US 2025.

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