Meaning and history
Manley is an English given name transferred from a surname and several place names. It may derive from Old English elements including mann, “person,” and leah, “woodland clearing,” though individual surname lines can have different origins. As a first name it generally reflects family naming rather than one personal quality. Its use belongs to the broader English tradition of adopting inherited surnames and place names as given names. Reliable prominent bearers with Manley as their exact first name are limited.
20042004: no US SSA record for this spelling
2005: no US SSA record for this spelling
2006: no US SSA record for this spelling
2007: 5 births, rank #12,367
2008: 5 births, rank #12,553
20092009: no US SSA record for this spelling
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2013: no US SSA record for this spelling
20142014: no US SSA record for this spelling
2015: 6 births, rank #10,644
2016: no US SSA record for this spelling
2017: no US SSA record for this spelling
2018: no US SSA record for this spelling
20192019: no US SSA record for this spelling
2020: 7 births, rank #9,554
2021: no US SSA record for this spelling
2022: 5 births, rank #12,330
20232023: 6 births, rank #10,821
Manley rose from #968 to #818 for boys between 1925 and 1927. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 67.