girls:
262 births since 2000
#5454 (5th percentile)
boys:
42 births since 2011
#4544 (1st percentile)
overall:
304 births since 2000
#7435 (4th percentile)
The name Manaia is the #7,435 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 304 recorded births since 2000. This represents the 3.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,454 (4.6% percentile) for all time with 262 births since 2000. For boys, it ranks #4,544 (0.9% percentile) for all time with 42 births since 2011.
Manaia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2000 (2000 for girls and 2011 for boys).
The name Manaia has been given predominantly to girls, with 86.2% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 69.6% of babies named Manaia were girls.
For girls, Manaia reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #946) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Manaia ranks #936 for girls (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 93.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Manaia reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #909) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Manaia is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #909 (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Manaia".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Manaia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 54.3% confident that Manaia is pronounced as muh-NAI-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is muh-NAY-uh, at 17.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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