Manasseh
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,538 for boys
Manasseh is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Manasseh mean?
Hebrew
A male given name from Hebrew.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Manasseh a girl's or a boy's name?
Manasseh is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Manasseh in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2024, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Manasseh in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Manasseh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
How popular is Manasseh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,538th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22 about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Manasseh, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the boys named Manasseh in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Manasseh in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 30 | #3,691 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 22 | #4,472 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,248 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
Names like Manasseh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Ibrahim, Abdullah, Mustafa, Hamza, Zakariya, Zayd, Ahmed, Umar, Zayan, Huzaifa
Names related to Manasseh
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Manasseh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/manasseh, updated 20 October 2026.