girls:
662 births since 1917
#5054 (12th percentile)
boys:
113 births since 2003
#4473 (2nd percentile)
overall:
775 births since 1917
#6964 (10th percentile)
The name Mana is the #6,964 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 775 recorded births since 1917. This represents the 10.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,054 (11.6% percentile) for all time with 662 births since 1917. For boys, it ranks #4,473 (2.4% percentile) for all time with 113 births since 2003.
Mana first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1917 (1917 for girls and 2003 for boys). Birth data for Mana is available in 47 out of the 107 years between 1917 and 2023 (47 years for girls and 13 years for boys). 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 Mana has been given predominantly to girls, with 85.4% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 54.2% of babies named Mana were girls.
For girls, Mana reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 2.3% percentile (ranked #918) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Mana ranks #939 for girls (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 53.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Mana reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #881) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Mana ranks #905 for boys (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 92.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mana".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Mana. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 62.2% confident that Mana is pronounced as MAH-nuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MA-nuh, at 20.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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