Mansa
Mostly girls · MAN-sa · Akan
Mansa is a name of Akan origin, meaning “third-born daughter”. In 2025 it ranked 1,036th for girls in the UK (35 babies) and 4,049th for boys in the US (26 babies).
What does Mansa mean?
Akan: Akan birth-order name; also from the Hindu goddess Mansa Devi
“third-born daughter”
Among the Akan of Ghana it is given to a third daughter; separately, Mansa Devi is a Hindu goddess.
- Say it
- MAN-sa
Is Mansa a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Mansa has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 35 girls in the UK and 26 boys in the US.
How popular is Mansa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,036among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 8,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 425% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the UK were named Mansa, making it the 1,036th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Mansa of any year since it first appeared, in 2005.
Half of all the girls named Mansa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2023, 53% of the babies named Mansa in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 983rd in England and Wales.
Mansa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #1,036 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,592 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
How popular is Mansa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,049among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 66,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the US were named Mansa, making it the 4,049th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,342nd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 34 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Mansa in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mansa in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,049 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 34 | #3,414 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 32 | #3,494 |
| 2020 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 32 | #3,442 |
| 2017 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
Names like Mansa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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