Manna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAN-na
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Manna is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “food from heaven”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Manna mean?
Hebrew: biblical word
“food from heaven”
In Exodus manna is the food God provides for the Israelites in the desert; its name is linked to 'what is it?'
Is Manna a girl's or a boy's name?
Manna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Manna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Manna, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 4 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Manna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
How popular is Manna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Manna, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1985.
Half of all the girls named Manna in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Manna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
Names like Manna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ava Mila Maeva Safa Orla Eliana Ayla Luna Raya Mia Sienna Ayra
Names related to Manna
Manha Manon Menna Moana Minna Manya Mana Mianna Miyanna Miana Myanna
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie
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, “Manna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/manna, updated 20 October 2026.