How Many People Are Named Manfred?
people named Manfred are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 435,394 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,455 babies named Manfred in Social Security records from 1904 to 2022, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
37 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Derived from the Germanic elements magan "strength" and frid "peace". This is the name of the main character in Byron's drama 'Manfred' (1817). This name was also borne by Manfred von Richthofen (1892-1918), the German pilot in World War I who was known as the Red Baron.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Manfred in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Manfred alive today is about 54 years old, and 48% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 40 and 67 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Manfred first appears in the records in 1904 and was given most often in 1958, to 37 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2022.
Babies given the name each year, 1904 to 2022
🏆 Rank History
Manfred has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,157, in 1936.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,157 (1936) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,523 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Manfred alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Manfred were born in New York than in any other state: about 47 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Manfred was given about 8.2 times as often in New York.
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