Manuela Girl
How popular is Manuela?
#2,564 girl name in 2025
68 baby girls were named Manuela in the US in 2025, making it the 2564th most popular girl name.
Manuela popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,564 for girls (▼ 484 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 68 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+8% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,773 in 2015, #2,005 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1924 (202 girls) |
| Highest rank | #486 in 1920 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Manuela counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Manuela family of names ranked #1,728 for girls in 2025 (#1,459 the year before), with 85 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Manuela | 68 | 80% |
| Manuella | 17 | 20% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Manuela is most popular
Babies named Manuela per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Massachusetts: 0.3 per 1,000 (40 girls)
- Florida: 0.2 per 1,000 (83 girls)
- Alabama: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (34 girls)
Manuela by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 76 | #678 |
| 1890s | 163 | #616 |
| 1900s | 368 | #488 |
| 1910s | 999 | #522 |
| 1920s | 1,895 | #486 |
| 1930s | 1,139 | #544 |
| 1940s | 1,087 | #688 |
| 1950s | 813 | #772 |
| 1960s | 638 | #1,258 |
| 1970s | 655 | #1,355 |
| 1980s | 596 | #1,474 |
| 1990s | 681 | #1,597 |
| 2000s | 741 | #2,031 |
| 2010s | 697 | #2,179 |
| 2020s | 485 | #2,005 |
Girl names about as popular as Manuela
Questions
- Is Manuela a boy or girl name?
- Manuela is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Manuela were girls.
- How popular is the name Manuela?
- 68 baby girls were named Manuela in the US in 2025, making it the 2564th most popular girl name.
- When was Manuela most popular?
- Manuela peaked in 1924, when 202 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #486 in 1920.
- How many people are named Manuela?
- 11,068 babies have been named Manuela in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,076 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 45.
- Where is Manuela most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Manuela was most common in Massachusetts, at 0.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.