boys:
224 births since 1964
#4362 (5th percentile)
overall:
224 births since 1964
#7515 (3rd percentile)
The name Manoj is the #7,515 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 224 recorded births since 1964. This represents the 2.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,362 (4.8% percentile) for all time with 224 births since 1964.
Manoj first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1964 (first recorded for boys in 1964). Birth data for Manoj is available in 28 out of the 45 years between 1964 and 2008. 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.
For boys, Manoj reached its peak popularity in 1979, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #679) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1974, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2008.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Manoj".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Manoj. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 48.6% confident that Manoj is pronounced as muh-NOHJ, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAH-nohj, at 22.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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