girl's name

Manila

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 284

Manila is a girl's name with 3 syllables. In 1944 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 1898, when 104 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1897.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Manila over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1890s to 1940s. The striped bar is the 1940s, still in progress — it covers 1940 to 1944, not a full ten years.

145
'90 '00 '10 '20 '40
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Births named Manila by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1890s 145
1900s 25
1910s 17
1920s 12
1940s (to 1944) 15

How popular is Manila?

In 1944, Manila 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 Manila is used

United States #4,852 5 in 1944
France #6,647 5 in 2021

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 Manila

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

Sibling names for Manila

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

Common questions about Manila

How popular is the name Manila?

In 1944, Manila 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 Manila a girl's or a boy's name?

Manila is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Manila?

Manila has 3 syllables.

When was Manila most popular?

Manila peaked in 1898, when 104 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.