Manuel is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 2005 and has grown less common since.
Manuel is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #371 for boy births in the United States (and #739 across all names), given to 860 babies — 867 including U.S. territories. Manuel first appears in 1880 and peaked in 2005 (2,665 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 860 | 867 | — | #371 |
| 2024 | 958 | 958 | — | #351 |
| 2023 | 1,009 | 1,017 | — | #333 |
| 2022 | 1,070 | 1,082 | #16,840 | #316 |
| 2021 | 1,036 | 1,043 | — | #321 |
| 2020 | 1,018 | 1,032 | — | #323 |
| 2019 | 1,147 | 1,153 | — | #298 |
| 2018 | 1,219 | 1,237 | — | #290 |
| 2017 | 1,327 | 1,347 | — | #274 |
| 2016 | 1,301 | 1,317 | — | #280 |
| 2015 | 1,297 | 1,320 | — | #283 |
| 2014 | 1,382 | 1,406 | — | #265 |
| 2013 | 1,472 | 1,497 | — | #246 |
| 2012 | 1,464 | 1,494 | — | #249 |
| 2011 | 1,559 | 1,590 | — | #231 |
| 2010 | 1,701 | 1,743 | — | #210 |
| 2009 | 1,954 | 1,996 | — | #195 |
| 2008 | 2,143 | 2,205 | — | #187 |
| 2007 | 2,413 | 2,464 | — | #169 |
| 2006 | 2,554 | 2,623 | #13,151 | #165 |
| 2005 | 2,665 | 2,736 | — | #153 |
| 2004 | 2,410 | 2,478 | — | #168 |
| 2003 | 2,248 | 2,318 | — | #174 |
| 2002 | 2,334 | 2,416 | #11,785 | #165 |
| 2001 | 2,312 | 2,424 | — | #164 |
| 2000 | 2,436 | 2,548 | #10,419 | #159 |
| 1999 | 2,361 | 2,466 | #12,179 | #155 |
| 1998 | 2,359 | 2,491 | #10,745 | #147 |
| 1997 | 2,330 | — | #11,591 | #146 |
| 1996 | 2,419 | — | #9,276 | #145 |
| 1995 | 2,377 | — | #7,863 | #150 |
| 1994 | 2,486 | — | #4,777 | #143 |
| 1993 | 2,446 | — | #6,891 | #142 |
| 1992 | 2,605 | — | #5,185 | #130 |
| 1991 | 2,519 | — | #4,742 | #131 |
| 1990 | 2,406 | — | #5,721 | #134 |
| 1989 | 2,235 | — | #3,747 | #139 |
| 1988 | 2,136 | — | #4,975 | #139 |
| 1987 | 2,103 | — | #4,405 | #138 |
| 1986 | 1,979 | — | #4,463 | #143 |
| 1985 | 1,998 | — | #3,682 | #143 |
| 1984 | 1,867 | — | #4,426 | #146 |
| 1983 | 1,894 | — | #3,300 | #145 |
| 1982 | 2,067 | — | #5,405 | #136 |
| 1981 | 1,985 | — | #3,584 | #142 |
| 1980 | 1,916 | — | #5,424 | #144 |
| 1979 | 1,937 | — | #3,123 | #140 |
| 1978 | 1,870 | — | #3,589 | #142 |
| 1977 | 1,767 | — | #2,882 | #146 |
| 1976 | 1,865 | — | #2,766 | #140 |
| 1975 | 1,824 | — | #3,016 | #139 |
| 1974 | 1,779 | — | #4,612 | #142 |
| 1973 | 1,730 | — | #3,187 | #145 |
| 1972 | 1,720 | — | #3,651 | #152 |
| 1971 | 1,702 | — | #4,445 | #164 |
| 1970 | 1,711 | — | #3,804 | #170 |
| 1969 | 1,694 | — | #3,162 | #165 |
| 1968 | 1,605 | — | #5,452 | #169 |
| 1967 | 1,591 | — | #3,580 | #170 |
| 1966 | 1,542 | — | #4,369 | #175 |
| 1965 | 1,515 | — | #3,661 | #176 |
| 1964 | 1,644 | — | #5,280 | #169 |
| 1963 | 1,633 | — | #3,030 | #182 |
| 1962 | 1,575 | — | #4,171 | #193 |
| 1961 | 1,680 | — | #3,545 | #187 |
| 1960 | 1,685 | — | #3,613 | #186 |
| 1959 | 1,661 | — | #3,550 | #183 |
| 1958 | 1,668 | — | #4,755 | #178 |
| 1957 | 1,642 | — | #4,422 | #185 |
| 1956 | 1,633 | — | #3,004 | #181 |
| 1955 | 1,676 | — | #6,380 | #170 |
| 1954 | 1,699 | — | #3,258 | #169 |
| 1953 | 1,582 | — | #5,423 | #169 |
| 1952 | 1,673 | — | #3,318 | #162 |
| 1951 | 1,659 | — | #2,648 | #158 |
| 1950 | 1,581 | — | — | #158 |
| 1949 | 1,653 | — | #3,528 | #154 |
| 1948 | 1,601 | — | #3,501 | #156 |
| 1947 | 1,690 | — | #3,165 | #156 |
| 1946 | 1,501 | — | #3,350 | #157 |
| 1945 | 1,399 | — | #3,046 | #150 |
| 1944 | 1,408 | — | #3,571 | #149 |
| 1943 | 1,444 | — | #2,404 | #149 |
| 1942 | 1,281 | — | #4,433 | #153 |
| 1941 | 1,127 | — | #3,818 | #154 |
| 1940 | 1,179 | — | #3,117 | #147 |
| 1939 | 1,152 | — | #3,049 | #143 |
| 1938 | 1,150 | — | #4,147 | #144 |
| 1937 | 1,141 | — | #2,865 | #138 |
| 1936 | 1,187 | — | #2,218 | #135 |
| 1935 | 1,164 | — | #2,063 | #137 |
| 1934 | 1,272 | — | #1,745 | #131 |
| 1933 | 1,202 | — | #2,352 | #134 |
| 1932 | 1,327 | — | #3,183 | #129 |
| 1931 | 1,326 | — | #2,264 | #132 |
| 1930 | 1,530 | — | #2,987 | #121 |
| 1929 | 1,641 | — | #2,262 | #111 |
| 1928 | 1,665 | — | #1,998 | #111 |
| 1927 | 1,612 | — | #3,460 | #116 |
| 1926 | 1,563 | — | #2,534 | #120 |
| 1925 | 1,566 | — | #2,717 | #114 |
| 1924 | 1,675 | — | #3,087 | #108 |
| 1923 | 1,557 | — | #2,846 | #114 |
| 1922 | 1,471 | — | #3,288 | #119 |
| 1921 | 1,561 | — | #5,606 | #113 |
| 1920 | 1,477 | — | #2,331 | #118 |
| 1919 | 1,370 | — | #3,363 | #118 |
| 1918 | 1,321 | — | #3,412 | #126 |
| 1917 | 1,157 | — | — | #128 |
| 1916 | 1,056 | — | #3,778 | #133 |
| 1915 | 976 | — | — | #134 |
| 1914 | 794 | — | — | #128 |
| 1913 | 624 | — | — | #125 |
| 1912 | 469 | — | — | #137 |
| 1911 | 340 | — | — | #112 |
| 1910 | 288 | — | — | #107 |
| 1909 | 243 | — | — | #115 |
| 1908 | 220 | — | — | #118 |
| 1907 | 184 | — | — | #130 |
| 1906 | 205 | — | — | #104 |
| 1905 | 157 | — | — | #138 |
| 1904 | 149 | — | — | #138 |
| 1903 | 151 | — | — | #127 |
| 1902 | 118 | — | — | #152 |
| 1901 | 150 | — | — | #112 |
| 1900 | 174 | — | — | #131 |
| 1899 | 97 | — | — | #157 |
| 1898 | 95 | — | — | #171 |
| 1897 | 86 | — | — | #179 |
| 1896 | 104 | — | — | #159 |
| 1895 | 98 | — | — | #159 |
| 1894 | 99 | — | — | #155 |
| 1893 | 96 | — | — | #154 |
| 1892 | 96 | — | — | #164 |
| 1891 | 85 | — | — | #159 |
| 1890 | 96 | — | — | #148 |
| 1889 | 81 | — | — | #167 |
| 1888 | 101 | — | — | #151 |
| 1887 | 72 | — | — | #176 |
| 1886 | 70 | — | — | #192 |
| 1885 | 90 | — | — | #151 |
| 1884 | 90 | — | — | #153 |
| 1883 | 74 | — | — | #167 |
| 1882 | 92 | — | — | #148 |
| 1881 | 57 | — | — | #199 |
| 1880 | 75 | — | — | #173 |