# Manan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/manan/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “contemplation”, “deliberation”, “pondering” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 309 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 309 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 61, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मनन (manana, “contemplation, deliberation, pondering”).

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | 10,352 |
| 2011 | 9 | 8,525 |
| 2012 | 16 | 5,632 |
| 2013 | 11 | 7,361 |
| 2014 | 11 | 7,363 |
| 2015 | 10 | 7,840 |
| 2016 | 8 | 9,383 |
| 2017 | 10 | 7,930 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8,584 |
| 2019 | 5 | 13,400 |
| 2020 | 6 | 11,482 |
| 2021 | 10 | 7,944 |
| 2022 | 11 | 7,564 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10,386 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8,738 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 5 | 2,470 |
| 2005 | 5 | 2,754 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,158 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: मनन

## 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.