Menachem
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
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
By decade
| Decade | boys named Menachem | |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 14 | |
| 1950s | 47 | |
| 1960s | 98 | |
| 1970s | 316 | |
| 1980s | 575 | |
| 1990s | 1,195 | |
| 2000s | 1,715 | |
| 2010s | 1,880 | |
| 2020s | 1,015 |
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.
- Keonipeak 2013
- Samipeak 2017
- Avrohompeak 2021
- Ameenpeak 2024
- Bilalpeak 2018
- Alonsopeak 2010
- Kekoapeak 2017
- Alipeak 2022
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.