How Many People Are Named Manley?
people named Manley are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 539,092 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,251 babies named Manley in Social Security records from 1880 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
67 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname, originally a place name, meaning "common clearing" in Old English.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Manley in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Manley alive today is about 61 years old, and 60% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 46 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Manley first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1927, to 67 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Manley has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #540, in 1897.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #540 (1897) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #992 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Manley alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Manley were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 18 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Manley was given 10.4 times as often in North Carolina, 8.5 times in Minnesota and 4.8 times in Michigan.
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