Given name & surname
Mana
“a charismatic and prestigious woman”
Mana is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “a charismatic and prestigious woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “a charismatic and prestigious woman.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 837
- 134 boys · 703 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 37 babies
- 2025
- 30
- #5,341 for girls · #11,505 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −4%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 24 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,341 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 7.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 6 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (9). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,391 as a first name in 2020; 759 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mana’s family of names
In German usage, Mana is a diminutive of Germana. Mana has a related form in Manah. In Japanese usage, Mana is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 愛.
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Around the world
Mana has relatives in 3 languages.
10 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 10
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- 愛original script · Japanese
- 真那original script · Japanese
- 最愛original script · Japanese
- 真奈original script · Japanese
- 茉奈original script · Japanese
- 真菜original script · Japanese
- 愛菜original script · Japanese
- Μάναin another script · Greek
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People named Mana
- Mana IwabuchiJapanese association football playerborn 1993
- Mana AshidaJapanese actress and singerborn 2004
- Mana SakuraJapanese AV idolborn 1993
- Mana NakaoJapanese association football playerborn 1986
- Mana EndoJapanese tennis playerborn 1971
- Mana KawabeJapanese figure skater (2004–)
- Mana AghaeeIranian poet, translatorborn 1973
- Mana HirataJapanese actress and voice actressborn 1985
- Mana OgawaJapanese actress and singerborn 1993
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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