Mania

Girls' name

Diminutive of Maria

Mania has been given to 18 babies in the U.S. since 1970. 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 1970, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Mania, 2005

1 in 641,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Mania: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Maria

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Mania means

Mania is a diminutive of Maria.

Origin, language, and formation

Mania is used in Polish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Maria.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Polish, Mania is pronounced /ˈma.ɲa/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 18 girls were recorded with the name Mania between 1970 and 2005. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1970; its best national rank was #7,617 in 1970.

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.

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How common is Mania?

Mania had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2005, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2005: 1 in 641,000; 6 of 3,844,258 births
Among girls only: 1 in 308,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2005: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 444,107 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Mania 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 2005 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 444,107 children born in 2005 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Mania. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Manias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Mania was born before 2000 — so the typical Mania is around 25 today.

Median birth year: 2000; About 25 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 66.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 66.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 18; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 66.7% of all recorded uses (12).

Is Mania 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 1970 (6)
Years since peak: 55; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #7,617; 1970

Spellings of Mania

Mania is not the most common spelling — Anna is, with 13.3% against Mania's <0.01%.

Anna13.3%914,859
Amanda11.5%790,638
Maria8.2%566,111
Marie7.8%540,077
Mia4.5%310,219
Wanda4.1%281,214
Monica3.6%251,274
Anita3.1%215,165

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.

Mania 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: #7,617; 1970
Peak year: 1970; 6 that year
First recorded: 1970
Last recorded: 2005
All-time count: 18
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Mania

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

Manraj Manisa Mancy Manju Maneh Jannia Mang Manvir Manvi Many Manaya Manning Zynnia Manna Manoy Manee Manat Manjit Mani Jynia Agnia Mane Manina Manica

Sibling names for Mania

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

Nicolle Janeen Corinna Lashawn Shonda Jeana Jeanna Trena

For a brother

Judd Douglass Alfonzo Edwardo Shon Brant Scot Darrick

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