How Many People Are Named Mandela?
people named Mandela are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,046,615 people in the US has this name
Based on 172 babies named Mandela in Social Security records from 1984 to 2022, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
36 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Mandela in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Mandela alive today is about 23 years old, and 50% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 11 and 35 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Mandela first appears in the records in 1984 and was given most often in 1990, to 36 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2022.
Babies given the name each year, 1984 to 2022
🏆 Rank History
Mandela has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,060, in 1990.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,060 (1990) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #10,071 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Mandela alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Mandela were born in California than in any other state: about 5 of those alive today.
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