Manon

#9,861 in 2025Girls' name

Diminutive of Marie

Manon has been given to 838 babies in the U.S. since 1917. In 2025 it ranked #9,861 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1999, with 26 recorded.

Babies named Manon, 2025

1 in 332,000

Manon over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Manon: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Marie

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Manon means

Manon is a diminutive of Marie.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Manon → Marie → Marie → Maria → מרים. The family’s proposed meaning is “to be bitter”, recorded in Hebrew with the source elements m-r-r.

Origin, language, and formation

Manon is used in Dutch and French.

Manon comes through French Manon.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Marie.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Dutch, Manon is pronounced /maːˈnɔn/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 833 girls were recorded with the name Manon between 1917 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 26 in 1999; its best national rank was #2,574 in 1928.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #14,482 in 2020 to #9,861 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Manon between 1954 and 1954. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1954; its best national rank was #4,162 in 1954.

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 Manon?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 332,000; 10 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 161,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #9,861; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 229,791 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Manon 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 2025 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 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Manon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Manons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Manon was born before 1992 — so the typical Manon is around 33 today.

Median birth year: 1992; About 33 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 21.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 29.2%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 741; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 21.0% of all recorded uses (175).

Is Manon 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: +4,753; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +4,621; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 38.5%; Peak was 1999 (26)
Years since peak: 26; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 41.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,574; 1928

Spellings of Manon

Manon is not the most common spelling — Ann is, with 58.4% against Manon's 0.10%.

Ann58.4%470,261
Marion23.5%189,218
Mandy5.3%42,465
Maren1.6%13,059
Mandi1.2%10,025
Lavon0.78%6,246
Karon0.77%6,208
Marin0.76%6,096

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 Manon is used

Across 1910–2025, Manon was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 438,757 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in —
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. Manon has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Manon around the world

Where Manon 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 & Wales
1996–2025
#2,138
in 2025
France
1907–2025
#112
in 2025
Canada
1991–2021
#3,354
in 2021
South Australia
1950–2005
#314
in 2005

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.

Manon by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #9,861
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 4,621
Best rank ever: #2,574; 1928
Peak year: 1999; 26 that year
First recorded: 1917
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 833
Count in 2025: 10

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,162; 1954
Peak year: 1954; 5 that year
First recorded: 1954
Last recorded: 1954
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Manon

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

Manar Manya Manha Manal Mana Mannat Manna Manvi Manaal Maniyah Manie Manaia Mansi Maneh Mandee Manasvi Manahil Manuel Maniya Mandi Mannie Manuella Mane Manda

Sibling names for Manon

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

Reanna Cydney Gabriel Sydnie Alysa Sydni Destiney Breann

For a brother

Jarod Samual Garret Donavon Shamar Coty Brandan Demarco

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