# Manav (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/manav/  
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 | “human being” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 744 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 744 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 347, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मानव (mānava, “human being”).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 29 | 3,666 |
| 2012 | 19 | 4,969 |
| 2013 | 14 | 6,122 |
| 2014 | 23 | 4,339 |
| 2015 | 33 | 3,411 |
| 2016 | 19 | 5,065 |
| 2017 | 18 | 5,226 |
| 2018 | 11 | 7,441 |
| 2019 | 11 | 7,453 |
| 2020 | 12 | 6,883 |
| 2021 | 15 | 5,937 |
| 2022 | 15 | 6,039 |
| 2023 | 14 | 6,393 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11,840 |
| 2025 | 5 | 13,210 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | 1,398 |
| 2012 | 21 | 1,229 |
| 2013 | 13 | 1,706 |
| 2014 | 12 | 1,819 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | 12 | 1,903 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,018 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,007 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,443 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: मानव

## 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.