# Menachem (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/menachem/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,063 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7,063 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 328, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 183 | 1,038 |
| 2012 | 170 | 1,100 |
| 2013 | 164 | 1,114 |
| 2014 | 212 | 984 |
| 2015 | 181 | 1,084 |
| 2016 | 204 | 1,003 |
| 2017 | 195 | 1,034 |
| 2018 | 190 | 1,066 |
| 2019 | 171 | 1,141 |
| 2020 | 199 | 1,032 |
| 2021 | 203 | 1,056 |
| 2022 | 208 | 1,060 |
| 2023 | 201 | 1,077 |
| 2024 | 214 | 1,040 |
| 2025 | 198 | 1,088 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 2,390 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,270 |
| 2013 | 15 | 1,539 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,248 |
| 2015 | 17 | 1,442 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,627 |
| 2018 | 19 | 1,324 |
| 2019 | 13 | 1,745 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,228 |
| 2021 | 18 | 1,391 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,165 |
| 2023 | 12 | 1,906 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,088 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,014 |

## People named Menachem

- Menachem HaMeiri, Catalan rabbi, Talmudist and Maimonidean
- Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk, early leader of Hasidic Judaism
- Menahem ben Judah, 1st century CE Jewish Messiah claimant

## 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.