Manuela

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Manuela or Manuéla is a feminine Portuguese, Spanish and Italian given name. The name is a variant of the masculine "Manuel", which is in turn derived from the Hebrew name "Emanuel", meaning "God is with us".

From Wikipedia

Manuela first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1924 with 202 babies (rank #491 that year). In 2024 it was given to 90 girls (rank #2,121). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Manuela

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Manuela yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

22Destiny numberThe master builderTurns visions into structures — a heightened 4.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
3PersonalityThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

10,996

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

202

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Manuela

Manuela Schwesigcivil servant · b. 1974
Manuela Sáenzfreedom fighter · b. 1797
Manuela Maleevatennis player · b. 1967
Manuela Velascopresenter · b. 1975
Manuela Carmenapolitician · b. 1944

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	5	#901
1881	7	#723
1882	8	#716
1883	8	#736
1884	10	#713
1885	9	#780
1886	7	#960
1887	8	#912
1888	6	#1,233
1889	8	#999
1890	13	#780
1891	6	#1,289
1892	15	#784
1893	15	#782
1894	14	#834
1895	20	#717
1896	18	#778
1897	16	#814
1898	21	#738
1899	25	#624
1900	41	#528
1901	23	#676
1902	24	#707
1903	29	#621
1904	32	#606
1905	37	#576
1906	43	#535
1907	43	#560
1908	38	#624
1909	58	#491
1910	61	#525
1911	56	#578
1912	71	#573
1913	76	#593
1914	89	#606
1915	111	#624
1916	122	#612
1917	104	#669
1918	151	#584
1919	158	#550
1920	200	#486
1921	197	#502
1922	184	#517
1923	169	#556
1924	202	#491
1925	197	#503
1926	190	#506
1927	191	#508
1928	192	#501
1929	173	#515
1930	156	#544
1931	136	#564
1932	120	#600
1933	132	#555
1934	103	#662
1935	100	#660
1936	104	#650
1937	102	#676
1938	92	#716
1939	94	#703
1940	86	#747
1941	94	#732
1942	92	#796
1943	100	#781
1944	107	#736
1945	111	#710
1946	118	#755
1947	124	#774
1948	145	#693
1949	110	#844
1950	125	#773
1951	69	#1,128
1952	76	#1,085
1953	105	#923
1954	74	#1,162
1955	57	#1,343
1956	73	#1,224
1957	89	#1,113
1958	79	#1,201
1959	66	#1,321
1960	71	#1,307
1961	62	#1,424
1962	77	#1,262
1963	63	#1,412
1964	59	#1,476
1965	55	#1,510
1966	39	#1,847
1967	71	#1,291
1968	73	#1,295
1969	68	#1,415
1970	55	#1,691
1971	62	#1,569
1972	53	#1,685
1973	62	#1,519
1974	66	#1,495
1975	72	#1,445
1976	79	#1,366
1977	72	#1,524
1978	69	#1,576
1979	65	#1,701
1980	82	#1,479
1981	68	#1,690
1982	62	#1,776
1983	52	#1,982
1984	75	#1,525
1985	64	#1,777
1986	53	#2,043
1987	55	#2,037
1988	45	#2,429
1989	40	#2,794
1990	50	#2,454
1991	72	#1,949
1992	96	#1,607
1993	69	#2,024
1994	63	#2,157
1995	58	#2,299
1996	64	#2,141
1997	87	#1,754
1998	66	#2,178
1999	56	#2,553
2000	66	#2,359
2001	82	#2,058
2002	84	#2,058
2003	77	#2,240
2004	80	#2,222
2005	64	#2,659
2006	80	#2,367
2007	69	#2,671
2008	76	#2,500
2009	61	#2,876
2010	62	#2,828
2011	73	#2,501
2012	62	#2,824
2013	57	#2,960
2014	81	#2,301
2015	63	#2,798
2016	67	#2,635
2017	77	#2,373
2018	86	#2,183
2019	69	#2,555
2020	93	#2,016
2021	76	#2,378
2022	84	#2,242
2023	72	#2,480
2024	90	#2,121