girl's name

Manette

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 309

Manette is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 1984 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 1958, when 18 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1913.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Manette over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 1980s. The striped bar is the 1980s, still in progress — it covers 1980 to 1984, not a full ten years.

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'10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80
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Births named Manette by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 13
1920s 34
1930s 11
1940s 5
1950s 110
1960s 83
1970s 43
1980s (to 1984) 5

How popular is Manette?

In 1984, Manette 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 Manette is used

France #1,140 5 in 1928
United States #10,857 5 in 1984

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 Manette

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

Parents who like Manette also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Manette over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Manette

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

Common questions about Manette

How popular is the name Manette?

In 1984, Manette 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 Manette a girl's or a boy's name?

Manette is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Manette?

Manette has 2 syllables.

When was Manette most popular?

Manette peaked in 1958, when 18 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.