Manica

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Manica has been given to 39 babies in the U.S. since 1974. 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 1983, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Manica, 1987

1 in 721,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Manica: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Manica means

Manica is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Manica is used in Slovene.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Slovene, Manica is pronounced /máːnit͡sa/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 39 girls were recorded with the name Manica between 1974 and 1987. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1983; its best national rank was #8,601 in 1983.

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 Manica?

Manica had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1987, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1987: 1 in 721,000; 5 of 3,605,072 births
Among girls only: 1 in 348,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1987: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 499,770 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Manica 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 1987 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 499,770 children born in 1987 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Manica. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Manicas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Manica was born before 1982 — so the typical Manica is around 43 today.

Median birth year: 1982; About 43 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 56.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 39; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 56.4% of all recorded uses (22).

Is Manica 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 1983 (7)
Years since peak: 42; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 34.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #8,601; 1983

Spellings of Manica

Manica is not the most common spelling — Maria is, with 30.4% against Manica's <0.01%.

Maria30.4%566,111
Janice21.8%406,448
Monica13.5%251,274
Anita11.5%215,165
Marisa2.6%48,707
Marina2.1%39,514
Malia1.7%31,606
Tania1.6%28,891

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.

Manica 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: #8,601; 1983
Peak year: 1983; 7 that year
First recorded: 1974
Last recorded: 1987
All-time count: 39
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Manica

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

Manisa Manning Manraj Manina Manyah Maneka Mandra Manola Manaya Manvir Manali Maneh Manaia Mandana Manjot Manaal Mang Manelyk Manami Manvi Manesha Manetta Manerva Manreet

Sibling names for Manica

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

Afton Tanesha Adriane Laquita Thomas Holli Venessa Eboni

For a brother

Jerrod Jamaal Donnell Brenton Chauncey Leopoldo Whitney Jerod

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