Manning
Recorded 1881–2025 · United States
Manning was most popular in 1916, when 44 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,945 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,082, with 24 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,884 people named Manning.
Manning over time
How old is the name Manning?
Manning first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1881, which makes it about 144 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 123 of the 145 years since.
How many people are named Manning?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,884 American births named Manning between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,126 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Manning in 2025?
24 American babies were named Manning in 2025, ranking #9,082 that year.
Is Manning getting more or less popular?
Manning is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 22 births a year, against 35 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -38% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Manning a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Manning is a boy’s name — 2.3% of the 1,884 Americans given it were girls and 97.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 5% girls and 95% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Manning?
Roughly 1,126 Americans named Manning are alive today — 60% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 20 years old, and half are between 11 and 51. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org