Mana
#5,340 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Mana has been given to 837 babies in the U.S. since 1917. In 2025 it ranked #5,340 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2009, with 27 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 84% girls, 16% boys all-time.
Babies named Mana, 2025
1 in 138,000
Mana over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Mana over time
In 2025, Mana went to 80% girls and 20% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Mana?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 138,000
- 24 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 67,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #5,340
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 95,747 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Mana sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 95,747 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Mana. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Manas were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Mana was born before 2009 — so the typical Mana is around 16 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 33.0% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 72.7%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 685
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 33.0% of all recorded uses (232).
Is Mana rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- +1,780
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +1,472
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +60
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.96×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 88.9%
- Peak was 2009 (27)
- Years since peak
- 16
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 25.1% average annual change
Spellings of Mana
Mana is not the most common spelling — Mary is, with 29.7% against Mana's <0.01%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Mana is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Mana was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 229,993 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in 100,000
- 2New York1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Mana has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Mana is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Mana was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 35,394 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1Hawaii1 in 33,333
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Mana has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Mana around the world
Where Mana ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales1996–2025#3,035in 2025
- France1978–2025#3,260in 2025
- Canada2012–2024#2,463in 2024
- South Australia1992–1992#704in 1992
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Mana by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Mana
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Mana
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.