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Menachem

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Menachem is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 205 births. Its best rank was 834th, in 1994.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
2050.01% of boys
Peak year
2014212 births
Best rank
#834in 1994
Since 1948
6,855people given the name
Babies named Menachem, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

6,855 boys have been named Menachem in the United States since 1948, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2014, with 212 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2014, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2007, and the 2010s alone account for 27%. It has spent 13 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadeboys named Menachem
1940s14
1950s47
1960s98
1970s316
1980s575
1990s1,195
2000s1,715
2010s1,880
2020s1,015

In 2014, its biggest year

Menachem was the 984th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2014 were Noah, Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. See all of 2014.

Names that rose and fell with Menachem

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.