Manal

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Manal: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Manal: Recorded every year since 1997, it reached #705 in 2007, and it stood at #1,262 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#705highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#1666
1998	#1823
1999	#2189
2000	#2167
2001	#1520
2002	#1530
2003	#1383
2004	#1106
2005	#1500
2006	#1031
2007	#1296
2008	#972
2009	#1411
2010	#1257
2011	#1096
2012	#1720
2013	#1537
2014	#1299
2015	#1279
2016	#1112
2017	#1817
2018	#1343
2019	#1218
2020	#1200
2021	#1692
2022	#1849
2023	#1705
2024	#1262

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1997 to 2024.

In 2014: #752 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1299 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #1666 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2007–2014
Highest recorded position: #705 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2007 (recorded 2007–2014).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1262 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Manal appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1997, and has registered 552 births with the name.

Manal across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Manal's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1666 (1997)	#972 (2008)	#1262 (2024)	28 of 28	552 (1997–2024)	32 (2008)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#705 (2007)	#705 (2007)	#752 (2014)	2 of 8	8 (2007–2014)	4 (2007)

Manal by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Manal in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	26	3 of 10	9
2000s	182	10 of 10	18
2010sbusiest	242	10 of 10	24
2020s	102	5 of 10	20

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 24 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Manal appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #705 in Republic of Ireland in 2007.

Manal's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1262	26	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1705	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1849	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1692	17	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1200	27	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1218	27	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1343	24	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1817	16	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1112	31	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1279	26	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1299	25	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1537	20	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1720	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1096	31	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1257	25	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1411	20	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#972	32	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1296	21	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1031	27	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1500	15	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1106	21	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1383	15	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1520	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2189	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1823	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1666	10	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#752	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #705, first reached in 2007.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 32 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 10 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Manahil · #750, 25y
Manaia · #72, 6y
Manar · #1383, 24y
Manas · #2775, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Zaineb · #705, 25y
Isis · #706, 27y
Abhinav · #701, 24y
Habeeb · #701, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Fayth · #705, 20y
Kelly-Ann · #705, 11y
Kristiana · #705, 22y
Zaineb · #705, 25y

Manal was ranked #705 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2007. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Manal and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Manal without appearing here.

Manal moved ahead of

Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1817 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1343 and #4684.
Denise Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1720 and #1720 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1537 and #4739.
Brittany Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1500 and #1500 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1031 and #3548.
Cameron Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1720 and #1428 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1537 and #4050.

Moved ahead of Manal

Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1520 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1530 and #938.
Frida Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1096 and #1117 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1720 and #1210.
Beau Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2167 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1520 and #1107.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1200 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1692 and #1286.

Moved the opposite way to Manal

Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Manal went from #2167 to #1262 while Hayden went from #3912 to #5891.

Moved the same way as Manal

Frida Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Manal went from #2189 to #1262 and Frida from #3900 to #811.
Meabh Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Manal went from #2189 to #1262 and Meabh from #3225 to #952.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #705 in Republic of Ireland in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Manal

Manal at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Manal across 2 official records

Manal by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Popularity data

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Manal across 2 official records

Manal by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Names published alongside Manal

Manal and the names beside it

Manal moved ahead of

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