Manuel is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #738 for boy births in the United States, given to 860 babies. Manuel first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 2005 (2,665 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 860 | #738 |
| 2024 | 958 | #690 |
| 2023 | 1,009 | #649 |
| 2022 | 1,070 | #627 |
| 2021 | 1,036 | #644 |
| 2020 | 1,018 | #647 |
| 2019 | 1,147 | #596 |
| 2018 | 1,219 | #569 |
| 2017 | 1,327 | #518 |
| 2016 | 1,301 | #530 |
| 2015 | 1,297 | #537 |
| 2014 | 1,382 | #505 |
| 2013 | 1,472 | #467 |
| 2012 | 1,464 | #469 |
| 2011 | 1,559 | #438 |
| 2010 | 1,701 | #395 |
| 2009 | 1,954 | #366 |
| 2008 | 2,143 | #345 |
| 2007 | 2,413 | #319 |
| 2006 | 2,554 | #303 |
| 2005 | 2,665 | #276 |
| 2004 | 2,410 | #307 |
| 2003 | 2,248 | #327 |
| 2002 | 2,334 | #311 |
| 2001 | 2,312 | #311 |
| 2000 | 2,436 | #299 |
| 1999 | 2,361 | #293 |
| 1998 | 2,359 | #291 |
| 1997 | 2,330 | #285 |
| 1996 | 2,419 | #276 |
| 1995 | 2,377 | #286 |
| 1994 | 2,486 | #272 |
| 1993 | 2,446 | #273 |
| 1992 | 2,605 | #261 |
| 1991 | 2,519 | #256 |
| 1990 | 2,406 | #264 |
| 1989 | 2,235 | #276 |
| 1988 | 2,136 | #276 |
| 1987 | 2,103 | #274 |
| 1986 | 1,979 | #290 |
| 1985 | 1,998 | #294 |
| 1984 | 1,867 | #302 |
| 1983 | 1,894 | #299 |
| 1982 | 2,067 | #279 |
| 1981 | 1,985 | #287 |
| 1980 | 1,916 | #291 |
| 1979 | 1,937 | #287 |
| 1978 | 1,870 | #290 |
| 1977 | 1,767 | #302 |
| 1976 | 1,865 | #287 |
| 1975 | 1,824 | #288 |
| 1974 | 1,779 | #301 |
| 1973 | 1,730 | #303 |
| 1972 | 1,720 | #323 |
| 1971 | 1,702 | #343 |
| 1970 | 1,711 | #357 |
| 1969 | 1,694 | #351 |
| 1968 | 1,605 | #363 |
| 1967 | 1,591 | #369 |
| 1966 | 1,542 | #377 |
| 1965 | 1,515 | #394 |
| 1964 | 1,644 | #381 |
| 1963 | 1,633 | #393 |
| 1962 | 1,575 | #404 |
| 1961 | 1,680 | #390 |
| 1960 | 1,685 | #389 |
| 1959 | 1,661 | #386 |
| 1958 | 1,668 | #381 |
| 1957 | 1,642 | #387 |
| 1956 | 1,633 | #381 |
| 1955 | 1,676 | #366 |
| 1954 | 1,699 | #355 |
| 1953 | 1,582 | #368 |
| 1952 | 1,673 | #348 |
| 1951 | 1,659 | #341 |
| 1950 | 1,581 | #335 |
| 1949 | 1,653 | #331 |
| 1948 | 1,601 | #336 |
| 1947 | 1,690 | #329 |
| 1946 | 1,501 | #331 |
| 1945 | 1,399 | #318 |
| 1944 | 1,408 | #313 |
| 1943 | 1,444 | #314 |
| 1942 | 1,281 | #327 |
| 1941 | 1,127 | #329 |
| 1940 | 1,179 | #321 |
| 1939 | 1,152 | #315 |
| 1938 | 1,150 | #319 |
| 1937 | 1,141 | #314 |
| 1936 | 1,187 | #302 |
| 1935 | 1,164 | #304 |
| 1934 | 1,272 | #289 |
| 1933 | 1,202 | #288 |
| 1932 | 1,327 | #283 |
| 1931 | 1,326 | #281 |
| 1930 | 1,530 | #262 |
| 1929 | 1,641 | #248 |
| 1928 | 1,665 | #253 |
| 1927 | 1,612 | #265 |
| 1926 | 1,563 | #274 |
| 1925 | 1,566 | #271 |
| 1924 | 1,675 | #264 |
| 1923 | 1,557 | #271 |
| 1922 | 1,471 | #281 |
| 1921 | 1,561 | #269 |
| 1920 | 1,477 | #272 |
| 1919 | 1,370 | #280 |
| 1918 | 1,321 | #292 |
| 1917 | 1,157 | #301 |
| 1916 | 1,056 | #309 |
| 1915 | 976 | #310 |
| 1914 | 794 | #304 |
| 1913 | 624 | #307 |
| 1912 | 469 | #344 |
| 1911 | 340 | #323 |
| 1910 | 288 | #333 |
| 1909 | 243 | #346 |
| 1908 | 220 | #347 |
| 1907 | 184 | #385 |
| 1906 | 205 | #323 |
| 1905 | 157 | #399 |
| 1904 | 149 | #397 |
| 1903 | 151 | #374 |
| 1902 | 118 | #439 |
| 1901 | 150 | #348 |
| 1900 | 174 | #381 |
| 1899 | 97 | #457 |
| 1898 | 95 | #491 |
| 1897 | 86 | #494 |
| 1896 | 104 | #445 |
| 1895 | 98 | #442 |
| 1894 | 99 | #436 |
| 1893 | 96 | #429 |
| 1892 | 96 | #435 |
| 1891 | 85 | #423 |
| 1890 | 96 | #404 |
| 1889 | 81 | #429 |
| 1888 | 101 | #383 |
| 1887 | 72 | #423 |
| 1886 | 70 | #437 |
| 1885 | 90 | #349 |
| 1884 | 90 | #349 |
| 1883 | 74 | #370 |
| 1882 | 92 | #314 |
| 1881 | 57 | #398 |
| 1880 | 75 | #343 |