Manhattan
- Gender
- Girl
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Manhattan is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
Is Manhattan a girl's or a boy's name?
Manhattan is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Manhattan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Manhattan, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2009, with 9 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Manhattan in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Manhattan in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
Names like Manhattan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Naziyah, Zaliyah, Zaniyah, Zhamira, Amoura, Sariyah, Kaliyah, Mahira, Nusaybah, Aziyah, Mazikeen, Kamiyah
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, “Manhattan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/manhattan, updated 20 October 2026.