Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

MaN

Gender

Male

Origin

Arabic
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Alternate Spellings and Variants of Man

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1985 (rank #4049, 10 births); most recent 2020 (rank #12015, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2016 (rank #7227, 16 births); most recent 2024 (rank #15243, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025––
2024–5
2023–9
2022–9
2021–7
2020510
2019–8
2018–13
2017513
2016–16

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2001 (rank #1594, 8 births); most recent 2015 (rank #4740, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2013 (rank #4735, 4 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
2025––
2024––
2023––
2022––
2021––
2020––
2019––
2018––
2017––
2016––

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 1979 (rank #231, 5 births); most recent 1992 (rank #380, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 1994 (rank #494, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence