Manar
Manar is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Manar
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Manar is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Manar
American parents first put Manar on the record books as a baby girl name in 1983, with 10 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2002, when 47 Manars were born — ranking #3,069 that year. About 35% of every Manar on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Manar ranks #7,515 for baby girls with 14 births, gradually falling (-9%). All told, over 750 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Manar
Manar is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1983 and has accumulated 750 births in the dataset. Manar's peak popularity came in 2002 when it ranked #3,069. Use the chart and map above to compare Manar'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.