Manan
Boy · Sanskrit
Manan is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “contemplation, deliberation, pondering”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Manan mean?
Sanskrit
“contemplation, deliberation, pondering”
A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
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Is Manan a girl's or a boy's name?
Manan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Manan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Manan, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Manan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Manan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
How popular is Manan in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the boys named Manan in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Manan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
Names like Manan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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