Manami

Girls' name

Japanese name; meaning depends on kanji

Manami has been given to 110 babies in the U.S. since 1990. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2003, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Manami, 2018

1 in 586,000

Manami over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Manami: meaning, origin, and history

Japanese name; meaning depends on kanji

Japanese

What Manami means

Manami is documented with more than one possible Japanese character combination. The Latin-letter spelling records a pronunciation; it does not specify one unique kanji spelling or one universal meaning.

Possible character meanings include love, affection, beautiful, sea, ocean.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Manami is used in Japanese.

Another recorded pronunciation is /mä.nä.mi/ for Manami.

Origin, language, and formation

Manami is used in English. Its origins include Japanese.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 110 girls were recorded with the name Manami between 1990 and 2018. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2003; its best national rank was #9,462 in 2003.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Manami?

Manami had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2018, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2018: 1 in 586,000; 6 of 3,516,853 births
Among girls only: 1 in 283,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2018: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 406,284 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Manami sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2018 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 406,284 children born in 2018 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Manami. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Manamis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Manami was born before 2004 — so the typical Manami is around 21 today.

Median birth year: 2004; About 21 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 38.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 78.2%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 110; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 38.2% of all recorded uses (42).

Is Manami 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2003 (11)
Years since peak: 22; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 22.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #9,462; 2003

Spellings of Manami

Manami is not the most common spelling — Anahi is, with 30.5% against Manami's 0.17%.

Anahi30.5%19,359
Mandi15.8%10,025
Malani11.2%7,112
Sanai6.7%4,236
Magali5.6%3,562
Janai4.9%3,099
Anai3.7%2,327
Anali3.6%2,287

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.

Manami by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #9,462; 2003
Peak year: 2003; 11 that year
First recorded: 1990
Last recorded: 2018
All-time count: 110
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Manami

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Maneh Manaia Manaal Manelyk Manvi Manjot Manreet Manna Manisa Manali Mane Manning Mannat Manasi Mang Manika Manila Manahil Manola Maniah Mandra Hayami Manilla Manraj

Sibling names for Manami

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Shreya Anastacia Delanie Abigale Ashtyn Hailie Kayli Sydnee

For a brother

Alexandre Jair Keven Kadin Estevan Dallin Keon Zakary

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