# Manda (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/manda/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,294 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,294 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi मन्दा (mandā). Also from a Czech derivative of the female personal name Magdalena.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 18 | 5,434 |
| 1997 | 20 | 5,148 |
| 1998 | 10 | 9,018 |
| 1999 | 10 | 9,229 |
| 2000 | 7 | 12,628 |
| 2001 | 6 | 14,658 |
| 2002 | 12 | 8,626 |
| 2003 | 5 | 17,383 |
| 2004 | 13 | 8,546 |
| 2006 | 10 | 11,135 |
| 2007 | 5 | 19,431 |
| 2008 | 7 | 14,811 |
| 2009 | 5 | 19,126 |
| 2012 | 8 | 12,986 |
| 2016 | 5 | 17,887 |

## 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.