Mannix
Mannix is a name with a single cultural origin: Irish.
- Irish
Meaning & Origin of Mannix
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Mannix is a name with a single cultural origin: Irish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Irish
The Story of Mannix
American parents first put Mannix on the record books as a baby boy name in 1967, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2010, when 31 Mannixs were born — ranking #3,452 that year. About 48% of every Mannix on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Mannix last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 9 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 517 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Mannix
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Mannix. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Mainchín
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About the name Mannix
Mannix is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1967 and has accumulated 517 births in the dataset. Mannix's peak popularity came in 2010 when it ranked #3,452. Use the chart and map above to compare Mannix'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.