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Mannix

Boy · MAN-iks · Irish

Mannix is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “little monk”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).

What does Mannix mean?

Irish: Irish surname, from O Mainchin, a diminutive of manach 'monk'

“little monk”

Mainchín, the personal name behind it, was borne by St Munchin, patron saint of Limerick.

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Is Mannix a girl's or a boy's name?

Mannix is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Mannix 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 6 boys.

2004Busiest: 6 in 20242024
Mannix in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20246#3,335
20230–
20221#6,413
20211#6,364
20204#4,025
20190–
20184#4,169
20173#4,995
20163#5,015
20150–
20140–
20131#6,198
20120–
20110–
20100–
20090–
20083#4,615
20070–
20060–
20050–
20041#4,870

How popular is Mannix in the US?

Rank in 2025
#8,239among boys
Babies in 2025
9about 1 in 190,000 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, 9 boys in the US were named Mannix, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 31 boys. It first appears in the records in 1967.

Half of all the boys named Mannix in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

1967Busiest: 31 in 20102025
Mannix in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20259#8,239
20249#8,307
20237#9,757
20227#9,815
20216#10,794
202010#7,497
201917#5,336
201815#5,766
201729#3,674
201628#3,775
201521#4,543
201423#4,260
201325#3,962
201228#3,711
201130#3,509
201031#3,452
200924#4,158
200826#3,918
200719#4,806
200621#4,366
200517#4,819
20047#8,921
20037#8,636
20020–
20015#10,548
20005#10,341
19990–
19980–
19970–
19960–
19950–
19940–
19930–
19920–
19910–
19906#7,171
19890–
19880–
19870–
19860–
19850–
19840–
19830–
19820–
19810–
19800–
19790–
19780–
19770–
19760–
19756#4,795
197410#3,316
19737#4,052
19729#3,342
197118#2,202
197015#2,398
19699#3,061
196813#2,310
19677#3,229

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