Maniah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-NY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
Maniah is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Maniah come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps a variant of Mariah
Is Maniah a girl's or a boy's name?
Maniah is a girls' name.
How popular is Maniah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Maniah in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maniah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,795 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
Names like Maniah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah, Kaliyah, Aaliyah, Jaliyah, Zariah, Aziyah, Zaliyah, Kamiyah, Hadassah, Aziah, Makiyah, Naziyah
Names related to Maniah
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Maniah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maniah, updated 20 October 2026.