Menachem
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- men-AH-hem
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,087 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,084 for boys
Menachem is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “comforter”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 1,084th for boys in the US (198 babies).
What does Menachem mean?
Hebrew
“comforter”
Menahem was a king of Israel in the Book of Kings; Menachem Begin was a prime minister of Israel.
Is Menachem a girl's or a boy's name?
Menachem is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 198 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Menachem in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,087among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Menachem, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 19 boys.
Half of all the boys named Menachem in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Menachem in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,481 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 13 | #1,858 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2017 | 15 | #1,738 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,535 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,636 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 14 | #1,724 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,369 |
| 2005 | 9 | #1,957 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,235 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,346 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 16 | #940 |
How popular is Menachem in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,084among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 198about 1 in 8,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 198 boys in the US were named Menachem, making it the 1,084th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,031st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 214 boys. It first appears in the records in 1948.
2025 had fewer boys named Menachem than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Menachem in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Menachem in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 198 | #1,084 |
| 2024 | 214 | #1,038 |
| 2023 | 201 | #1,073 |
| 2022 | 208 | #1,057 |
| 2021 | 203 | #1,054 |
| 2020 | 199 | #1,031 |
| 2019 | 171 | #1,136 |
| 2018 | 190 | #1,064 |
| 2017 | 195 | #1,029 |
| 2016 | 204 | #999 |
| 2015 | 181 | #1,082 |
| 2014 | 212 | #983 |
| 2013 | 164 | #1,112 |
| 2012 | 170 | #1,095 |
| 2011 | 183 | #1,037 |
| 2010 | 210 | #953 |
| 2009 | 200 | #988 |
| 2008 | 169 | #1,095 |
| 2007 | 204 | #967 |
| 2006 | 193 | #963 |
| 2005 | 181 | #963 |
| 2004 | 166 | #994 |
| 2003 | 165 | #971 |
| 2002 | 155 | #1,002 |
| 2001 | 157 | #977 |
| 2000 | 125 | #1,119 |
| 1999 | 123 | #1,084 |
| 1998 | 115 | #1,111 |
| 1997 | 144 | #935 |
| 1996 | 138 | #940 |
| 1995 | 142 | #928 |
| 1994 | 164 | #829 |
| 1993 | 83 | #1,243 |
| 1992 | 105 | #1,065 |
| 1991 | 85 | #1,196 |
| 1990 | 96 | #1,082 |
| 1989 | 80 | #1,193 |
| 1988 | 64 | #1,282 |
| 1987 | 55 | #1,335 |
| 1986 | 61 | #1,226 |
| 1985 | 52 | #1,332 |
| 1984 | 62 | #1,153 |
| 1983 | 58 | #1,190 |
| 1982 | 61 | #1,178 |
| 1981 | 57 | #1,207 |
| 1980 | 25 | #2,110 |
| 1979 | 49 | #1,319 |
| 1978 | 49 | #1,286 |
| 1977 | 36 | #1,546 |
| 1976 | 45 | #1,320 |
| 1975 | 38 | #1,429 |
| 1974 | 28 | #1,692 |
| 1973 | 26 | #1,736 |
| 1972 | 16 | #2,323 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,398 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,548 |
| 1968 | 18 | #1,893 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,029 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 11 | #2,533 |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,662 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,557 |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 9 | #2,607 |
Nicknames for Menachem
Names like Menachem
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Chidubem Ibrahim Achim Adem Muhammad Tobias Matteo Musa Nikodem Yusuf Chiziterem Elijah
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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, “Menachem: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/menachem, updated 20 October 2026.