Manal
Manal is a feminine given name of Arabic origin. Notable people with the name include:Manal Benchlikha, known as Manal (singer), Moroccan musical artist Manal Al Dowayan, Saudi Arabian artist Manal Ajaj, Syrian fashion designer Manal bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, Emirati royal and politician Manal Awad Mikhail, Egyptian veterinarian and governor Manal Abdel Samad, Lebanese politician Manal al-Sharif,…
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Manal
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Manal is a feminine given name of Arabic origin. Notable people with the name include:Manal Benchlikha, known as Manal (singer), Moroccan musical artist Manal Al Dowayan, Saudi Arabian artist Manal Ajaj, Syrian fashion designer Manal bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, Emirati royal and politician Manal Awad Mikhail, Egyptian veterinarian and governor Manal Abdel Samad, Lebanese politician Manal al-Sharif,…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Manal
American parents first put Manal on the record books as a baby girl name in 1967, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2021, when 55 Manals were born — ranking #3,001 that year. About 25% of every Manal on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Manal ranks #3,783 for baby girls with 40 births, holding steady (-2%). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Manal
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Manal. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Manel
Names that sound like Manal
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About the name Manal
Manal is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1967 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Manal's peak popularity came in 2021 when it ranked #3,001. Use the chart and map above to compare Manal's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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