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Mandela

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 192

Mandela is a boy's name with 3 syllables. In 2022 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1990, when 36 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1984.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Mandela over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2022, not a full ten years.

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Births named Mandela by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1980s 29
1990s 59
2000s 12
2010s 62
2020s (to 2022) 10

How popular is Mandela?

In 2022, Mandela was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Mandela is used

France #5,967 5 in 2018
United States #12,966 5 in 2022

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Mandela

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

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Sibling names for Mandela

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Mandela — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Mandela

How popular is the name Mandela?

In 2022, Mandela was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Mandela a girl's or a boy's name?

Mandela is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Mandela?

Mandela has 3 syllables.

When was Mandela most popular?

Mandela peaked in 1990, when 36 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.