The first name Manuela

In 2025, 14 girls were named Manuela, making it the 2,006th most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2018, with 21 births (#1,490).

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Manuela with other names.

In 2025, 68 girls born in the United States were named Manuela, the 2,573rd most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1924, when 202 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Manuela Sáenz
  Ecuadorian revolutionary heroine (1797-1856)
• Manuela Maleeva
  Bulgarian female tennis player, born 1967
• Manuela Zinsberger
  Austrian association football player, born 1995
• Juana Manuela Gorriti
  Argentine writer (1818–1892)
• Manuela d'Ávila
  Brazilian politician and journalist, born 1981
• Manuela Roka
  Equatorial Guinean politician, born 1973
• Manuela Henkel
  Cross-country skier, born 1974
• Manuela Montebrun
  French athlete, born 1979
• Manuela Groß
  East German pair skater, born 1957
• Manuela Mager
  East German pair skater, born 1962
• Manuela Ramin-Osmundsen
  French/Norwegian jurist and politician, born 1963
• Manuela Martelli
  Chilean actress, born 1983

How popular is the name Manuela?

In 2025, 14 girls born in England and Wales were named Manuela, ranking 2,006th. Its peak was 2018, with 21 births.

Is Manuela a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 11,068 US babies named Manuela since 1880 were girls.

When was Manuela most popular?

1924 in the United States, when 202 babies were named Manuela, its highest rank at 491st.