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Manson

Boys' name

From Swedish Magnusson; literal meaning unconfirmed

Manson has been given to 816 babies in the U.S. since 1880. 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 1923, with 26 recorded.

Babies named Manson, 2023

1 in 474,000

Manson over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Manson: meaning, origin, and history

From Swedish Magnusson; literal meaning unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Manson means

Manson is a given name.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

An Anglicised version of the North Germanic (Scandinavian) name Magnuson "son of Magnus" (Swedish Magnusson, Danish Magnussen, Norwegian Magnusen, Icelandic Magnússon), using + -son.

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Origin, language, and formation

Manson is used in English.

Manson comes through Swedish Magnusson, Danish Magnussen, Norwegian Magnusen and Icelandic Magnússon.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Manson is pronounced /ˈmænsən/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 816 boys were recorded with the name Manson between 1880 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 26 in 1923; its best national rank was #836 in 1892.

How common is Manson?

Manson had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2023, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2023
1 in 474,000
7 of 3,314,783 births
Among boys only
1 in 244,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2023
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
328,234 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Manson sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2023 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 328,234 children born in 2023 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Manson. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Mansons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Manson was born before 1939 — so the typical Manson is around 86 today.

Median birth year
1939
About 86 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
19.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
14.6%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
316
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1920s — 19.4% of all recorded uses (158).

Is Manson 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1923 (26)
Years since peak
102
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
28.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#836
1892

Spellings of Manson

Manson is not the most common spelling — Jason is, with 46.6% against Manson's 0.04%.

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.

Manson around the world

Where Manson 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
    2016–2016
    #4,810
    in 2016
  • France
    1999–2011
    #5,904
    in 2011
  • Canada
    2018–2018
    #2,905
    in 2018

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Manson by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#836
1892
Peak year
1923
26 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
816
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Manson

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

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Sibling names for Manson

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

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