Manual is a rare variant of Manuel that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Manual is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2010. Manual first appears in 1910 and peaked in 1928 (23 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | 6 | #11,678 |
| 2008 | 5 | 5 | #13,846 |
| 2005 | 6 | 6 | #10,985 |
| 2004 | 5 | 5 | #12,521 |
| 2003 | 7 | 7 | #9,272 |
| 2000 | 5 | 5 | #11,516 |
| 1999 | 5 | 5 | #10,970 |
| 1998 | 6 | 6 | #9,210 |
| 1997 | 7 | — | #7,810 |
| 1996 | 9 | — | #6,318 |
| 1992 | 9 | — | #5,958 |
| 1991 | 11 | — | #4,977 |
| 1990 | 7 | — | #6,896 |
| 1989 | 7 | — | #6,667 |
| 1988 | 7 | — | #6,203 |
| 1987 | 9 | — | #4,805 |
| 1986 | 15 | — | #3,220 |
| 1985 | 7 | — | #5,528 |
| 1984 | 9 | — | #4,423 |
| 1983 | 9 | — | #4,359 |
| 1982 | 7 | — | #5,378 |
| 1981 | 14 | — | #3,149 |
| 1980 | 10 | — | #4,027 |
| 1979 | 9 | — | #4,268 |
| 1978 | 13 | — | #3,161 |
| 1977 | 5 | — | #6,459 |
| 1976 | 11 | — | #3,397 |
| 1975 | 9 | — | #3,825 |
| 1974 | 16 | — | #2,520 |
| 1973 | 13 | — | #2,809 |
| 1972 | 15 | — | #2,498 |
| 1971 | 9 | — | #3,555 |
| 1970 | 11 | — | #3,001 |
| 1969 | 12 | — | #2,633 |
| 1968 | 16 | — | #2,080 |
| 1967 | 17 | — | #1,949 |
| 1966 | 11 | — | #2,567 |
| 1965 | 13 | — | #2,329 |
| 1964 | 12 | — | #2,501 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | #2,980 |
| 1962 | 9 | — | #2,973 |
| 1961 | 15 | — | #2,203 |
| 1960 | 9 | — | #2,998 |
| 1959 | 10 | — | #2,759 |
| 1958 | 10 | — | #2,747 |
| 1957 | 12 | — | #2,443 |
| 1956 | 8 | — | #3,110 |
| 1955 | 16 | — | #2,020 |
| 1954 | 7 | — | #3,341 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | #3,656 |
| 1952 | 11 | — | #2,454 |
| 1951 | 12 | — | #2,324 |
| 1950 | 15 | — | #1,991 |
| 1949 | 12 | — | #2,296 |
| 1948 | 6 | — | #3,543 |
| 1947 | 7 | — | #3,263 |
| 1946 | 10 | — | #2,496 |
| 1945 | 11 | — | #2,206 |
| 1944 | 7 | — | #3,025 |
| 1943 | 10 | — | #2,500 |
| 1942 | 9 | — | #2,640 |
| 1941 | 14 | — | #1,964 |
| 1940 | 11 | — | #2,265 |
| 1939 | 14 | — | #1,933 |
| 1938 | 8 | — | #2,787 |
| 1937 | 9 | — | #2,615 |
| 1936 | 8 | — | #2,775 |
| 1935 | 9 | — | #2,645 |
| 1934 | 13 | — | #2,084 |
| 1933 | 15 | — | #1,880 |
| 1932 | 13 | — | #2,160 |
| 1931 | 10 | — | #2,582 |
| 1930 | 12 | — | #2,397 |
| 1929 | 18 | — | #1,836 |
| 1928 | 23 | — | #1,591 |
| 1927 | 22 | — | #1,680 |
| 1926 | 17 | — | #1,955 |
| 1925 | 22 | — | #1,659 |
| 1924 | 15 | — | #2,182 |
| 1923 | 13 | — | #2,402 |
| 1922 | 15 | — | #2,199 |
| 1921 | 17 | — | #2,028 |
| 1920 | 15 | — | #2,190 |
| 1919 | 19 | — | #1,788 |
| 1918 | 18 | — | #1,872 |
| 1917 | 11 | — | #2,509 |
| 1916 | 15 | — | #2,013 |
| 1915 | 21 | — | #1,539 |
| 1914 | 9 | — | #2,383 |
| 1913 | 9 | — | #2,035 |
| 1912 | 6 | — | #2,454 |
| 1910 | 5 | — | #1,757 |