Manuela
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- man-WAY-la
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,076 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,564 for girls
Manuela is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is with us”. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 2,564th for girls in the US (68 babies).
What does Manuela mean?
Hebrew: feminine of Manuel, from Emmanuel
“God is with us”
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian feminine of Manuel.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Manuela a girl's or a boy's name?
Manuela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 68 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Manuela in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,076th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Manuela, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 21 girls.
Half of all the girls named Manuela in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.
Manuela in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2021 | 13 | #2,202 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2018 | 21 | #1,577 |
| 2017 | 19 | #1,711 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 2010 | 13 | #2,103 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 17 | #1,545 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,912 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,770 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Manuela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,564th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 68 about 1 in 24,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 68 girls in the US were named Manuela, making it the 2,564th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,005th. Its busiest year was 1924, with 202 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Manuela than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Manuela in the US since 1880 were born between 1926 and 1986, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 85 girls in the US were given Manuela or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,892, up from #2,564 for this spelling alone.
- Manuela 68
- Manuella 17
Manuela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68 | #2,564 |
| 2024 | 92 | #2,080 |
| 2023 | 72 | #2,466 |
| 2022 | 84 | #2,228 |
| 2021 | 76 | #2,366 |
| 2020 | 93 | #2,005 |
| 2019 | 69 | #2,538 |
| 2018 | 86 | #2,179 |
| 2017 | 77 | #2,357 |
| 2016 | 67 | #2,617 |
| 2015 | 63 | #2,773 |
| 2014 | 81 | #2,290 |
| 2013 | 57 | #2,935 |
| 2012 | 62 | #2,804 |
| 2011 | 73 | #2,482 |
| 2010 | 62 | #2,802 |
| 2009 | 61 | #2,851 |
| 2008 | 76 | #2,485 |
| 2007 | 69 | #2,647 |
| 2006 | 80 | #2,353 |
| 2005 | 64 | #2,632 |
| 2004 | 80 | #2,201 |
| 2003 | 77 | #2,226 |
| 2002 | 84 | #2,043 |
| 2001 | 83 | #2,031 |
| 2000 | 67 | #2,302 |
| 1999 | 56 | #2,524 |
| 1998 | 66 | #2,161 |
| 1997 | 87 | #1,747 |
| 1996 | 64 | #2,122 |
| 1995 | 58 | #2,277 |
| 1994 | 63 | #2,137 |
| 1993 | 69 | #2,007 |
| 1992 | 96 | #1,597 |
| 1991 | 72 | #1,927 |
| 1990 | 50 | #2,432 |
| 1989 | 40 | #2,763 |
| 1988 | 45 | #2,414 |
| 1987 | 55 | #2,023 |
| 1986 | 53 | #2,024 |
| 1985 | 64 | #1,759 |
| 1984 | 75 | #1,511 |
| 1983 | 52 | #1,960 |
| 1982 | 62 | #1,769 |
| 1981 | 68 | #1,674 |
| 1980 | 82 | #1,474 |
| 1979 | 65 | #1,694 |
| 1978 | 69 | #1,569 |
| 1977 | 72 | #1,514 |
| 1976 | 79 | #1,355 |
| 1975 | 72 | #1,439 |
| 1974 | 66 | #1,486 |
| 1973 | 62 | #1,510 |
| 1972 | 53 | #1,674 |
| 1971 | 62 | #1,560 |
| 1970 | 55 | #1,681 |
| 1969 | 68 | #1,402 |
| 1968 | 73 | #1,291 |
| 1967 | 71 | #1,281 |
| 1966 | 39 | #1,827 |
| 1965 | 55 | #1,500 |
| 1964 | 59 | #1,470 |
| 1963 | 63 | #1,403 |
| 1962 | 77 | #1,258 |
| 1961 | 62 | #1,419 |
| 1960 | 71 | #1,300 |
| 1959 | 66 | #1,314 |
| 1958 | 79 | #1,195 |
| 1957 | 89 | #1,108 |
| 1956 | 73 | #1,221 |
| 1955 | 57 | #1,333 |
| 1954 | 74 | #1,153 |
| 1953 | 105 | #920 |
| 1952 | 76 | #1,079 |
| 1951 | 69 | #1,115 |
| 1950 | 125 | #772 |
| 1949 | 110 | #842 |
| 1948 | 145 | #688 |
| 1947 | 124 | #771 |
| 1946 | 118 | #755 |
| 1945 | 111 | #707 |
| 1944 | 107 | #732 |
| 1943 | 100 | #778 |
| 1942 | 92 | #794 |
| 1941 | 94 | #728 |
| 1940 | 86 | #741 |
| 1939 | 94 | #701 |
| 1938 | 92 | #713 |
| 1937 | 102 | #673 |
| 1936 | 104 | #649 |
| 1935 | 100 | #660 |
| 1934 | 103 | #660 |
| 1933 | 132 | #553 |
| 1932 | 120 | #599 |
| 1931 | 136 | #561 |
| 1930 | 156 | #544 |
| 1929 | 173 | #515 |
| 1928 | 192 | #500 |
| 1927 | 191 | #507 |
| 1926 | 190 | #506 |
| 1925 | 197 | #503 |
| 1924 | 202 | #488 |
| 1923 | 169 | #555 |
| 1922 | 184 | #515 |
| 1921 | 197 | #500 |
| 1920 | 200 | #486 |
| 1919 | 158 | #548 |
| 1918 | 151 | #583 |
| 1917 | 104 | #665 |
| 1916 | 122 | #612 |
| 1915 | 111 | #624 |
| 1914 | 89 | #601 |
| 1913 | 76 | #587 |
| 1912 | 71 | #571 |
| 1911 | 56 | #573 |
| 1910 | 61 | #522 |
| 1909 | 58 | #488 |
| 1908 | 38 | #617 |
| 1907 | 43 | #554 |
| 1906 | 43 | #528 |
| 1905 | 37 | #570 |
| 1904 | 32 | #600 |
| 1903 | 29 | #607 |
| 1902 | 24 | #688 |
| 1901 | 23 | #659 |
| 1900 | 41 | #524 |
| 1899 | 25 | #616 |
| 1898 | 21 | #719 |
| 1897 | 16 | #786 |
| 1896 | 18 | #754 |
| 1895 | 20 | #703 |
| 1894 | 14 | #812 |
| 1893 | 15 | #767 |
| 1892 | 15 | #762 |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,213 |
| 1890 | 13 | #758 |
| 1889 | 8 | #950 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,136 |
| 1887 | 8 | #860 |
| 1886 | 7 | #897 |
| 1885 | 9 | #745 |
| 1884 | 10 | #686 |
| 1883 | 8 | #692 |
| 1882 | 8 | #678 |
| 1881 | 7 | #679 |
| 1880 | 5 | #836 |
Nicknames for Manuela
- Manu 5 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Manuela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Matilda, Lola, Rosa, Eva, Maria, Eliza, Martha, Mabel, Ada, Anna, Cora, Clara
Other spellings of Manuela
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, “Manuela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/manuela, updated 20 October 2026.