Manfred
Manfred is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 195837 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1904
- 1,455people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,455 boys have been named Manfred in the United States since 1904, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1958, with 37 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 37 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1956, and the 1960s alone account for 19%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Manfred | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 102 | |
| 1920s | 166 | |
| 1930s | 238 | |
| 1940s | 115 | |
| 1950s | 200 | |
| 1960s | 275 | |
| 1970s | 125 | |
| 1980s | 75 | |
| 1990s | 74 | |
| 2000s | 32 | |
| 2010s | 30 | |
| 2020s | 18 |
In 1958, its biggest year
Manfred was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1958 were Michael, David, James, Robert and John. See all of 1958.
Names that rose and fell with Manfred
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Delwinpeak 1935
- Wendallpeak 1958
- Marlinpeak 1935
- Wendelpeak 1940
- Farrellpeak 1935
- Ozellpeak 1937
- Carlispeak 1946
- Rolfpeak 1960
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.