Manny
Masculine · “God is with us”
Manny is the everyday form of Manuel and Emmanuel, and the name behind it is a promise from the book of Isaiah: God with us. It has been registered as a full name in American records since the nineteenth century.
How old is the name Manny?
Manny first appears in US birth records in 1900 — 125 years ago. The typical Manny alive today was born around 1989, making them about 36 years old. About 3,300 people named Manny are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Manny most popular?
Manny peaked in 1905, reaching #1002 nationally. Today it ranks #3181, 2,179 places below that high. See the whole 1905 chart.
Where it comes from
From Immanuel to Manny
The story of Manny
Immanuel entered Christian naming through the gospel citation and became especially strong in Iberia, where Manuel has been among the leading men's names for centuries. Emigration carried Manuel to the Americas in very large numbers, and English-speaking neighbors shortened it to Manny in the way English shortens everything. The short form has been in the American records under its own name since the nineteenth century, in Hispanic, Italian and Jewish families alike.
Meaning
God is with us
From Hebrew Immanuel, a sentence rather than a word, quoted in Isaiah and again in the gospel of Matthew; Spanish and Portuguese made Manuel of it.
How the name formed
- Immanuel
- Emmanuel
- Manuel
- Manny
Related forms: Manuel · Manoel · Manuele · Immanuel
Pronouncing Manny
MAN-ee
Two syllables, first stressed. Identical in sound to the English word many for most speakers.
Nicknames for Manny
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1900
- Most boys named
- 201096 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1002reached in 1905
- Change vs 2023
- −30.2%37 in 2025, from 53
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Manny in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Manuel in Spanish — related form
- Manoel in Portuguese — related form
- Manuele in Italian — related form
- Immanuel in Hebrew — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York, Texas.
Mannys among us
people named Manny are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 46,164 born in 2025 was named Manny
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Manny
- #3181
- Manny on the 2025 chart
- #878
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Manny went to 37 boys in 2025, but Mani is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 50, which makes it the 878th most-given boys’ name of the year — 2,303 places above the chart.
- Manny37
- Mani13
About 1 boy in 34,162 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 46,164 for Manny itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Manny sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Manny is headed
Manny should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Manny beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Manny in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning that is a complete sentence from scripture.
- Short, warm and understood immediately in English and Spanish alike.
- Manuel and Emmanuel both stand behind it as fuller formal options.
- It reads as a nickname to some people, which may matter on a formal document.
- It sounds the same as the English word many, which will be noticed at school.
- Mannie and Manny are both used and neither is standard.
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Frequently asked
- How many Mannys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,300 people named Manny are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Manny?
- Manny is the most-used spelling in US records — 37 of the 50 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Mani.
- How popular is the name Manny in 2025?
- Manny ranks #3181 among US boy names in 2025, with 37 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Manny?
- About 1 in every 46,164 US boys born in 2025 was named Manny — 37 in all.
- Will my child share the name Manny with classmates?
- Manny will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Manny
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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