Manuelita

Girls' name

Diminutive of Manuela

Manuelita has been given to 989 babies in the U.S. since 1886. 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 1922, with 26 recorded.

Babies named Manuelita, 2005

1 in 769,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Manuelita: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Manuela

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Manuelita means

Manuelita is a diminutive of Manuela.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Manuelita is used in Spanish.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ma.nwe.ˈli.ta/ for Manuelita.

Origin, language, and formation

Manuelita comes through Indonesian diminutive.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Manuela.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Spanish, Manuelita is pronounced /manweˈlita/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 989 girls were recorded with the name Manuelita between 1886 and 2005. Its highest annual count was 26 in 1922; its best national rank was #755 in 1886.

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 Manuelita?

Manuelita 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 769,000; 5 of 3,844,258 births
Among girls only: 1 in 369,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2005: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 532,928 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Manuelita 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 532,928 children born in 2005 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Manuelita. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Manuelitas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Manuelita was born before 1935 — so the typical Manuelita is around 90 today.

Median birth year: 1935; About 90 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 14.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 4.9%; Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950: 305; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 14.8% of all recorded uses (146).

Is Manuelita 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 1922 (26)
Years since peak: 103; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 34.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #755; 1886

Spellings of Manuelita

Manuelita is not the most common spelling — Angelita is, with 48.0% against Manuelita's 4.1%.

Angelita48.0%11,702
Manuela45.3%11,033
Manuelita4.1%989
Manuella2.6%642

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 Manuelita is used

Across 1910–2025, Manuelita was most concentrated in New Mexico — about 1 in 2,941 girls, against 1 in 42,639 across all states with data. It was least common in Colorado (1 in —).

034 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1New Mexico1 in 2,941
2Texas1 in 100,000
3Arizona1 in —
4Colorado1 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. Manuelita has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Manuelita 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: #755; 1886
Peak year: 1922; 26 that year
First recorded: 1886
Last recorded: 2005
All-time count: 989
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Manuelita

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

Manuella Maniyah Estrellita Manasvi Manhattan Manahil Mannat Manisha Marnita Clarita Manya Manreet Manpreet Carlita Rosalita Manon Mandalyn Carmelita Manelyk Teresita Manar Manha Tomasita Manaal

Sibling names for Manuelita

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

Albertha Bethel Verla Lorine Elvera Rubie Tressie Filomena

For a brother

Trinidad Hobert Harland Walton Elden Cletus Elroy Columbus

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