Manoah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- muh-NOH-uh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,138 for boys
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Manoah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “rest”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 4,138th for boys in the US (25 babies).
What does Manoah mean?
Hebrew: biblical name
“rest”
In the Book of Judges, Manoah is the father of Samson.
Is Manoah a girl's or a boy's name?
Manoah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 25 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Manoah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 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, 3 boys in the UK were named Manoah, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 3 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Manoah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
How popular is Manoah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,138among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 68,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 25 boys in the US were named Manoah, making it the 4,138th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. It first appears in the records in 1979.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Manoah of any year since it first appeared, in 1979.
Half of all the boys named Manoah in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Manoah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #4,138 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
Names like Manoah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Musa Ibrahim Jahziah Mustafa Abdullah Asaiah Mihail Mouhamed Alijah Sulaiman Ismail
Names related to Manoah
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, “Manoah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/manoah, updated 20 October 2026.