Menashe
Boy · meh-NAH-sheh · Hebrew
Menashe is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “causing to forget”. In 2025 it ranked 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Menashe mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew form of Manasseh
“causing to forget”
In Genesis, Joseph names his firstborn Manasseh because God made him forget his hardships.
- Say it
- meh-NAH-sheh
Is Menashe a girl's or a boy's name?
Menashe is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Menashe in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2019, with 9 boys.
Menashe in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
How popular is Menashe in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,538among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Menashe, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the boys named Menashe in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Menashe in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 23 | #4,438 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 24 | #4,135 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
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