girls:
145 births since 1985
#5571 (3rd percentile)
boys:
207 births since 1884
#4379 (4th percentile)
overall:
352 births since 1884
#7387 (5th percentile)
The name Man is the #7,387 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 352 recorded births since 1884. This represents the 4.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,379 (4.5% percentile) for all time with 207 births since 1884. For girls, it ranks #5,571 (2.5% percentile) for all time with 145 births since 1985.
Man first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1884 (1884 for boys and 1985 for girls). Birth data for Man is available in 44 out of the 140 years between 1884 and 2023 (32 years for boys and 15 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Man has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (58.8% of all recorded births). In 2023, 0.0% of babies named Man were boys. Interestingly, until around 2009, the name was more popular for boys (97.5% boys from 1884 to 2008), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (93.3% girls from 2009 to 2023).
For boys, Man reached its peak popularity in 1919, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #531) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1901, with 43 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2020.
For girls, Man reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #946) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Man ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 62.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Man".
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