Manaia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mah-NY-uh
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Manaia is a girls' name, meaning “beautiful, fine”. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Manaia mean?
Samoan, from manaia 'beautiful, fine'; also a Māori carving figure
“beautiful, fine”
In Māori art, the manaia is a stylised bird-headed guardian figure, often carved in greenstone pendants.
Is Manaia a girl's or a boy's name?
Manaia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Manaia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 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, 15 girls in the US were named Manaia, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Manaia in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Manaia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
Names like Manaia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alaia Marigold Ximena Amora Alaya Solana Malaya Montserrat Amoura Alara Alora Aria
Names related to Manaia
Sources
Figures from 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, “Manaia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/manaia, updated 20 October 2026.