Manual Popularity by Year
Follow Manual across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Manual birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Boys | 6 | #10,766 | Up 1,787 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 5 | #12,553 | Down 2,402 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 6 | #10,151 | Up 1,205 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 5 | #11,356 | Down 2,713 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 7 | #8,643 | Up 1,706 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 5 | #10,349 | Down 437 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 5 | #9,912 | Down 1,433 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 6 | #8,479 | Down 1,198 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 7 | #7,281 | Down 1,299 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 9 | #5,982 | Down 322 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 9 | #5,660 | Down 900 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 11 | #4,760 | Up 1,655 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 7 | #6,415 | Down 186 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 7 | #6,229 | Down 478 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 7 | #5,751 | Down 1,178 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 9 | #4,573 | Down 1,442 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 15 | #3,131 | Up 2,016 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 7 | #5,147 | Down 932 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 9 | #4,215 | Down 74 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 9 | #4,141 | Up 862 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 7 | #5,003 | Down 1,973 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 14 | #3,030 | Up 808 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 10 | #3,838 | Up 230 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 9 | #4,068 | Down 998 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 13 | #3,070 | Up 2,775 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 5 | #5,845 | Down 2,581 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 11 | #3,264 | Up 395 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 9 | #3,659 | Down 1,200 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 16 | #2,459 | Up 257 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 13 | #2,716 | Down 298 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 15 | #2,418 | Up 952 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 9 | #3,370 | Down 479 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 11 | #2,891 | Down 342 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 12 | #2,549 | Down 519 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 16 | #2,030 | Down 124 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 17 | #1,906 | Up 559 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 11 | #2,465 | Down 195 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 13 | #2,270 | Up 139 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 12 | #2,409 | Up 449 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 9 | #2,858 | Down 10 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 9 | #2,848 | Down 700 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 15 | #2,148 | Up 723 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 9 | #2,871 | Down 208 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 10 | #2,663 | Down 21 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 10 | #2,642 | Down 267 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 12 | #2,375 | Up 594 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 8 | #2,969 | Down 990 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 16 | #1,979 | Up 1,197 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 7 | #3,176 | Up 249 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 6 | #3,425 | Down 1,049 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 11 | #2,376 | Down 130 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 12 | #2,246 | Down 305 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 15 | #1,941 | Up 284 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 12 | #2,225 | Up 1,091 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 6 | #3,316 | Down 220 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 7 | #3,096 | Down 693 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 10 | #2,403 | Down 272 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 11 | #2,131 | Up 731 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 7 | #2,862 | Down 457 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 10 | #2,405 | Up 118 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 9 | #2,523 | Down 620 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 14 | #1,903 | Up 276 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 11 | #2,179 | Down 300 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 14 | #1,879 | Up 767 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 8 | #2,646 | Down 167 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 9 | #2,479 | Up 150 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 8 | #2,629 | Down 100 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 9 | #2,529 | Down 507 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 13 | #2,022 | Down 193 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 15 | #1,829 | Up 272 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 13 | #2,101 | Up 370 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 10 | #2,471 | Down 178 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 12 | #2,293 | Down 500 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 18 | #1,793 | Down 224 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 23 | #1,569 | Up 78 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 22 | #1,647 | Up 264 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 17 | #1,911 | Down 283 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 22 | #1,628 | Up 504 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 15 | #2,132 | Up 199 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 13 | #2,331 | Down 188 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 15 | #2,143 | Down 163 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 17 | #1,980 | Up 151 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 15 | #2,131 | Down 379 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 19 | #1,752 | Up 75 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 18 | #1,827 | Up 596 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 11 | #2,423 | Down 474 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 15 | #1,949 | Down 444 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 21 | #1,505 | Up 766 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 9 | #2,271 | Down 326 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 9 | #1,945 | Up 324 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 6 | #2,269 | Down 680 places |
| 1910 | Boys | 5 | #1,589 | — |