Manola

Girls' name

Diminutive of Manoela

Manola has been given to 52 babies in the U.S. since 1908. 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 1913, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Manola, 1934

1 in 415,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Manola: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Manoela

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Manola means

Manola is a diminutive of Manoela.

Origin, language, and formation

Manola is used in Galician and Spanish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Manoela and Manuela.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 52 girls were recorded with the name Manola between 1908 and 1934. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1913; its best national rank was #2,321 in 1908.

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 Manola?

Manola had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1934, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1934: 1 in 415,000; 5 of 2,076,780 births
Among girls only: 1 in 209,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1934: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 287,904 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Manola 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 1934 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 287,904 children born in 1934 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Manola. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Manolas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Manola was born before 1918 — so the typical Manola is around 107 today.

Median birth year: 1918; About 107 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 57.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 90.4%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 57.7% of all recorded uses (30).

Is Manola 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 1913 (8)
Years since peak: 112; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 35.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,321; 1908

Spellings of Manola

Manola is not the most common spelling — Marla is, with 23.6% against Manola's 0.03%.

Marla23.6%38,781
Nola16.0%26,262
Paola14.9%24,496
Magnolia14.2%23,403
Manuela6.7%11,033
Makala2.1%3,398
Manda2.0%3,294
Enola1.9%3,084

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.

Manola around the world

Where Manola 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.

France
1941–2024
#4,470
in 2024
South Australia
1961–1961
#458
in 1961

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Manola 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: #2,321; 1908
Peak year: 1913; 8 that year
First recorded: 1908
Last recorded: 1934
All-time count: 52
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Manola

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

Manisa Manning Mandra Manraj Maneka Manyah Manica Manina Manali Maneh Manaia Manjot Manaal Mang Manaya Manelyk Manami Manvi Winola Manvir Manetta Manerva Manreet Manna

Sibling names for Manola

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

Golda Lauretta Era Leatha Leone Artie Alpha Hettie

For a brother

Gustave Waldo Orrin Winfield Dorsey Isadore Aloysius Hyman

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