Manal
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ma-NAAL
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,779 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,779 for girls
Manal is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “attainment, achievement”. In 2025 it ranked 1,779th for girls in the UK (17 babies) and 3,779th for girls in the US (39 babies).
What does Manal mean?
Arabic
“attainment, achievement”
From an Arabic word for attainment or achievement.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Manal a girl's or a boy's name?
Manal is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the UK and 39 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Manal in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,779th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were named Manal, making it the 1,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,180th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 32 girls.
Half of all the girls named Manal in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 29 girls in the UK were given Manal or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,058, up from #1,779 for this spelling alone.
- Manal 17
- Manaal 12
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,719th in England and Wales.
Manal in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,779 |
| 2024 | 26 | #1,321 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,957 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2020 | 30 | #1,180 |
| 2019 | 27 | #1,285 |
| 2018 | 25 | #1,375 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,913 |
| 2016 | 32 | #1,162 |
| 2015 | 26 | #1,353 |
| 2014 | 26 | #1,336 |
| 2013 | 21 | #1,559 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,615 |
| 2011 | 31 | #1,165 |
| 2010 | 26 | #1,299 |
| 2009 | 20 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 32 | #1,034 |
| 2007 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2006 | 27 | #1,087 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,521 |
| 2004 | 23 | #1,112 |
| 2003 | 16 | #1,420 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,637 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,780 |
| 1996 | 2 | #4,986 |
How popular is Manal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,779th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 39 about 1 in 41,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 39 girls in the US were named Manal, making it the 3,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 55 girls. It first appears in the records in 1967.
Half of all the girls named Manal in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 51 girls in the US were given Manal or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,538, up from #3,779 for this spelling alone.
- Manal 39
- Manaal 12
Manal in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #3,779 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,892 |
| 2023 | 36 | #4,045 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,961 |
| 2021 | 55 | #3,002 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 45 | #3,450 |
| 2018 | 31 | #4,457 |
| 2017 | 40 | #3,768 |
| 2016 | 36 | #4,082 |
| 2015 | 44 | #3,533 |
| 2014 | 34 | #4,267 |
| 2013 | 42 | #3,643 |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,705 |
| 2011 | 32 | #4,465 |
| 2010 | 39 | #3,888 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,535 |
| 2008 | 33 | #4,549 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 44 | #3,563 |
| 2005 | 47 | #3,253 |
| 2004 | 32 | #4,283 |
| 2003 | 35 | #3,865 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,494 |
| 2001 | 35 | #3,699 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,644 |
| 1999 | 27 | #4,197 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,793 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,367 |
| 1996 | 27 | #3,937 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,516 |
| 1993 | 22 | #4,518 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,644 |
| 1990 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 1989 | 26 | #3,778 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,010 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,656 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,721 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 20 | #3,858 |
| 1980 | 14 | #4,977 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,051 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,212 |
| 1976 | 16 | #3,961 |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,591 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
Names like Manal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amal, Maya, Zainab, Safa, Hana, Aisha, Maryam, Ayah, Ayat, Layla, Raya, Aaliyah
Other spellings of Manal
Names related to Manal
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo, Liyana
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, “Manal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/manal, updated 20 October 2026.