Manuela

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Manuela: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #718, reached in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
35times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#718highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1998	#3142
1999	#1675
2000	#3912
2001	#2466
2002	#1530
2003	#2191
2004	#1952
2005	#1796
2006	#1585
2007	#2410
2008	#2487
2009	#2148
2010	#2104
2011	#2025
2012	#2969
2013	#2887
2014	#1798
2015	#2195
2016	#2233
2017	#1681
2018	#1490
2019	#2040
2020	#2163
2021	#2201
2022	#1685
2023	#2201
2024	#3318

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3318 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2013–2025
Highest recorded position: #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025 (recorded 2013–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Manuela 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 1996, and has registered 306 births with the name.

Manuela 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.

Manuela'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	#3126 (1996)	#1490 (2018)	#3318 (2024)	28 of 29	306 (1996–2024)	21 (2018)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#894 (2013)	#718 (2025)	#718 (2025)	7 of 13	23 (2013–2025)	4 (2017)

Manuela 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 Manuela in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	18	3 of 10	6
2000s	95	10 of 10	10
2010sbusiest	133	10 of 10	13
2020s	60	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

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

Manuela 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 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #718 in Republic of Ireland in 2025.

Manuela'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	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1685	17	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2163	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2040	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1490	21	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1681	18	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2233	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2195	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1798	16	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2887	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2025	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2104	12	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2148	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2487	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1585	15	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1796	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1952	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1675	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#718	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	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 1996 and 2025, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #718, first reached in 2025.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2013, and 17 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.

Mantas · #181, 43y
Manuel · #269, 67y
Manus · #147, 54y
Manveer · #928, 29y

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.

Dallas · #718, 29y
Farida · #718, 30y
Haneen · #718, 30y
Heaven · #718, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Arbaaz · #718, 20y
Dallas · #718, 29y
Farida · #718, 30y
Haneen · #718, 30y

Manuela was ranked #718 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2025. 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.

Manuela 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 Manuela without appearing here.

Manuela moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2887 and #2062 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1798 and #4684.
Kristine Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2969 and #2969 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2887 and #5742.
Debra Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2466 and #2226 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1530 and #4137.
Gail Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3912 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1530 and #4137.

Moved ahead of Manuela

Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2201 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #1743.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1798 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2195 and #1240.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2163 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2201 and #1286.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2040 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2163 and #1313.

Moved the opposite way to Manuela

Blake Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Manuela went from #1675 to #3318 while Blake went from #3900 to #432.
Frida Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Manuela went from #1675 to #3318 while Frida went from #3900 to #811.
Meabh Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Manuela went from #1675 to #3318 while Meabh went from #3225 to #952.
Finlay Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Manuela went from #3126 to #1490 while Finlay went from #1646 to #4684.

Moved the same way as Manuela

Dianne Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Manuela went from #1530 to #3318 and Dianne from #4137 to #5891.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #718 in Republic of Ireland in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Manuela

Manuela at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Manuela across 2 official records

Manuela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Manuela appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Manuela at a glance

Manuela across 2 official records

Manuela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Manuela appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Manuela

Manuela and the names beside it

Manuela moved ahead of

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