Mandela
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1990
36 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
172
since 1984
Born a Mandela? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as boys
Mandela was most popular in 1990, when 36 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.02 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Mandela in 2025. Not recorded since 2022.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 5 | 12330 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 5 | 12022 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 6 | 10760 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 11 | 7095 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 8 | 8816 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 16 | 5485 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 6 | 10728 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 8 | 8864 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 7 | 9693 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 6 | 10921 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 6 | 9392 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2000 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1999 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 7 | 6968 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 6 | 7422 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 10 | 5096 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 36 | 2049 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 7 | 6229 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 10 | 4450 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 7 | 5459 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 5 | 6315 |
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