Manolo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mah-NOH-loh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #1,529 for boys
Manolo is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is with us”. In 2025 it ranked 1,529th for boys in the US (113 babies).
What does Manolo mean?
Hebrew: Spanish pet form of Manuel
“God is with us”
A Spanish pet form of Manuel, from Emmanuel, the Hebrew name meaning God is with us.
Is Manolo a girl's or a boy's name?
Manolo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 113 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Manolo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,529th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 113 about 1 in 15,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 113 boys in the US were named Manolo, making it the 1,529th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,391st. It first appears in the records in 1965.
2025 had the most boys named Manolo of any year since it first appeared, in 1965.
Half of all the boys named Manolo in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Manolo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 113 | #1,529 |
| 2024 | 78 | #1,985 |
| 2023 | 71 | #2,077 |
| 2022 | 77 | #1,980 |
| 2021 | 76 | #1,963 |
| 2020 | 55 | #2,391 |
| 2019 | 74 | #1,973 |
| 2018 | 81 | #1,855 |
| 2017 | 89 | #1,735 |
| 2016 | 75 | #1,936 |
| 2015 | 69 | #2,055 |
| 2014 | 29 | #3,615 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,311 |
| 2012 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2011 | 28 | #3,694 |
| 2010 | 29 | #3,632 |
| 2009 | 31 | #3,474 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,685 |
| 2006 | 25 | #3,886 |
| 2005 | 33 | #3,087 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 23 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,786 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,214 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
Nicknames for Manolo
- Manny 12 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Manolo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Thiago, Mateo, Marcelo, Apollo, Santino, Maximo, Messiah, Azriel, Tadeo, Marcello, Massimo, Nico
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Manolo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/manolo, updated 20 October 2026.