Manley
Manley is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 540th, in 1897.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192767 births
- Best rank
- #540in 1897
- Since 1880
- 2,251people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,251 boys have been named Manley in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1927, with 67 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 67 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1931, and the 1920s alone account for 22%. It has spent 31 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Manley | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 71 | |
| 1890s | 74 | |
| 1900s | 68 | |
| 1910s | 379 | |
| 1920s | 500 | |
| 1930s | 308 | |
| 1940s | 275 | |
| 1950s | 231 | |
| 1960s | 103 | |
| 1970s | 85 | |
| 1980s | 69 | |
| 1990s | 41 | |
| 2000s | 23 | |
| 2010s | 6 | |
| 2020s | 18 |
In 1927, its biggest year
Manley was the 818th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1927 were Robert, John, James, William and Charles. See all of 1927.
Names that rose and fell with Manley
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Walterpeak 1918
- Millardpeak 1922
- Albertpeak 1921
- Lymanpeak 1917
- Hermanpeak 1921
- Horacepeak 1921
- Arthurpeak 1921
- Elbertpeak 1920
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.