Manahil
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ma-NAA-hil
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Manahil is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “springs of water”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Manahil mean?
Arabic
“springs of water”
Arabic plural of manhal, a spring or watering place; popular in Pakistani families.
Is Manahil a girl's or a boy's name?
Manahil is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Manahil in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 66% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Manahil, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 53 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Manahil than any year since 2000.
Half of all the girls named Manahil in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Manahil in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 14 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 18 | #1,729 |
| 2018 | 27 | #1,298 |
| 2017 | 31 | #1,186 |
| 2016 | 40 | #985 |
| 2015 | 36 | #1,062 |
| 2014 | 47 | #874 |
| 2013 | 53 | #783 |
| 2012 | 32 | #1,150 |
| 2011 | 17 | #1,755 |
| 2010 | 22 | #1,475 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,621 |
| 2008 | 23 | #1,346 |
| 2007 | 22 | #1,327 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,860 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 14 | #1,634 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
How popular is Manahil in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Manahil, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
2025 had more girls named Manahil than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Manahil in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Manahil in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 27 | #5,023 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
Names like Manahil
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Aaliyah Zainab Ayah Hafsa Nusaybah Sumayyah Amira Ruqayyah Khadija Hiba Abeeha
Names related to Manahil
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
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, “Manahil: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/manahil, updated 20 October 2026.