# Manisha (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/manisha/  
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 | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 872 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 872 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 463, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मनीषा (manīṣā).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 13 | 8,547 |
| 2005 | 10 | 10,647 |
| 2006 | 8 | 13,150 |
| 2007 | 10 | 11,341 |
| 2008 | 6 | 16,727 |
| 2009 | 9 | 12,092 |
| 2010 | 9 | 11,892 |
| 2011 | 10 | 10,891 |
| 2012 | 7 | 14,463 |
| 2014 | 5 | 18,234 |
| 2015 | 6 | 15,706 |
| 2016 | 9 | 11,452 |
| 2017 | 8 | 12,350 |
| 2018 | 5 | 17,245 |
| 2024 | 5 | 16,800 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 27 | 909 |
| 2004 | 20 | 1,158 |
| 2005 | 12 | 1,796 |
| 2006 | 18 | 1,386 |
| 2007 | 10 | 2,233 |
| 2008 | 11 | 2,150 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2010 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,649 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## 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.