Mana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAH-nah
- Origin
- Japanese
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,237 for girls
Mana is a girls' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Mana mean?
Japanese: Japanese name with several kanji spellings
Its meaning in Japanese depends on the kanji; in Polynesian languages mana means spiritual power.
Is Mana a girl's or a boy's name?
Mana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 24 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Mana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Mana, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th.
2025 had the most girls named Mana of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Mana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Mana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Mana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,237th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Mana, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1917. 6 boys were also named Mana in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Mana in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 80% of the babies named Mana in the US were girls.
Mana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,233 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,450 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,043 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,315 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,061 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,342 |
Names like Mana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Maya, Ayla, Hafsa, Raya, Ayra, Hiba, Amara, Amira, Hana, Marwa, Yusra
Names related to Mana
Manha, Moana, Manya, Manna, Man, Myanna, Mahina, Mianna, Manu, Manoah, Miana, Miyana
More Japanese names
Kobe, Kaizen, Raiden, Ren, Akari, Kenzo, Ronin, Kyomi, Akira, Yuna, Emi, Kiyomi, Kairi, Miya, Kenji, Reo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mana, updated 20 October 2026.