# Manal (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/manal/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,440 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,440 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 569, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَنَال (manāl).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 32 | 4,528 |
| 2012 | 30 | 4,789 |
| 2013 | 42 | 3,680 |
| 2014 | 34 | 4,326 |
| 2015 | 44 | 3,573 |
| 2016 | 36 | 4,134 |
| 2017 | 40 | 3,816 |
| 2018 | 31 | 4,523 |
| 2019 | 45 | 3,487 |
| 2020 | 23 | 5,427 |
| 2021 | 55 | 3,026 |
| 2022 | 37 | 4,014 |
| 2023 | 36 | 4,095 |
| 2024 | 38 | 3,938 |
| 2025 | 39 | 3,813 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 31 | 1,096 |
| 2012 | 17 | 1,720 |
| 2013 | 20 | 1,537 |
| 2014 | 25 | 1,299 |
| 2015 | 26 | 1,279 |
| 2016 | 31 | 1,112 |
| 2017 | 16 | 1,817 |
| 2018 | 24 | 1,343 |
| 2019 | 27 | 1,218 |
| 2020 | 27 | 1,200 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,692 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,849 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,705 |
| 2024 | 26 | 1,262 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,719 |

## People named Manal

- Manal Issa, French and Lebanese actress & engineer
- Manal Awad Mikhail, Egyptian politician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.