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How popular is the name Manel?

Births per year, rank history and how many Manels are alive today.

Manel (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Minal in England and Wales, ranked 5892nd in 2024 and given to 3 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2009, when 8 babies were given the name, the 2759th most popular that year. It has declined since 2009; the 2024 figure is roughly 38% of its peak.

Across all spellings of the name, the Minal you are most likely to meet is around 3 years old - or else around 16: the name has two living generations. Half of all Minals born in England and Wales are between 6 and 19, and there are at least 330 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Minal - on average, only one in every 955 such rooms contains a Minal.

How many babies are named Manel each year?

Includes all spellings: Manel, Minal. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

01020200020201996: 41999: 42000: 32002: 32003: 42004: 102005: 92006: 112007: 142008: 182009: 142010: 162011: 202012: 62013: 112014: 112015: 62016: 42017: 102018: 152019: 152020: 142021: 172022: 152023: 202024: 212025: 3actual

Where does the Manel spelling rank?

1101001,00010,00020202004: ranked 4,5982005: ranked 2,9702006: ranked 5,0612007: ranked 3,6672008: ranked 5,5452009: ranked 2,7592010: ranked 3,5332011: ranked 3,1852013: ranked 3,5362014: ranked 4,6842015: ranked 5,7302018: ranked 4,6842023: ranked 5,6882024: ranked 5,892

Where does the Minal spelling rank?

1101001,00010,000200020201996: ranked 3,1261999: ranked 3,2252000: ranked 3,9122002: ranked 4,1372003: ranked 3,5942004: ranked 2,5302005: ranked 4,7982006: ranked 2,5092007: ranked 2,4102008: ranked 1,7182009: ranked 3,4222010: ranked 2,3922011: ranked 2,0252012: ranked 3,6812013: ranked 4,0502014: ranked 3,1602015: ranked 5,7302016: ranked 4,7632017: ranked 2,5022018: ranked 2,3402019: ranked 1,8542020: ranked 1,9392021: ranked 1,6922022: ranked 1,8492023: ranked 1,7052024: ranked 1,6722025: ranked 5,927

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Manel per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 21 in 2024
Manel: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Manel most popular?

The most popular form of the name, Minal, peaked in 2024, when 21 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Manel spelling itself peaked in 2009, with 8 babies.

How many people are called Manel?

At least 330 people named Manel in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Manel?

Most living Manels are between 6 and 19; the most common age is about 3. There is a second cluster around 16.

Is Manel becoming more or less popular?

Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2024 peak.






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