How Many People Are Named Manuel Garcia?
There are approximately 533 people named Manuel Garcia living in the United States today. That makes this name combination uncommon, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 643,066 Americans.
This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Manuel with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Garcia. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.
Estimated People with This Name
533
1 in 643,066 Americans
Combination Rarity
Uncommon
First Name
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Last Name
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Manuel: Popularity Over Time
Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Manuel. The peak year was 2005 with 2,665 births. The average person named Manuel today is 41 years old.
Ancestry of the First Name Manuel
In the 2020 Census, the first name Manuel was most commonly recorded among people who identified as Hispanic (88.61%). The next largest recorded groups were White (6.55%) and Asian and Pacific Islander (2.46%).
These percentages describe the people who had the first name Manuel in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.
Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Manuel rose or fell over time.
Ancestry of the Garcia Surname
The surname Garcia was most commonly recorded among people who identified as Hispanic in the 2020 Census.
This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Garcia in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.
How we calculated this
The first name "Manuel" has an estimated frequency of 0.0404% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.
The surname "Garcia" appears at a rate of 384.58 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.
We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Manuel are likely to be alive now.
Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 533 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.
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Manuel Garcia: Questions and Answers
How many people are named Manuel Garcia?
We estimate approximately 533 people named Manuel Garcia are alive in the United States today. The first name Manuel is shared by 138,523 Americans, and the surname Garcia is shared by 1,318,173.
How rare is the name Manuel Garcia?
This name combination is classified as Uncommon, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 643,066 Americans. The first name Manuel is common and the surname Garcia is very common.
Is Manuel a male or female name?
Manuel is predominantly male, with 99.4% of bearers being male and 0.6% female. It peaked in popularity in 2005 and the average bearer today is 41 years old.
What does the Census say about the first name Manuel?
In the 2020 Census, the first name Manuel was most commonly recorded among people who identified as Hispanic (88.61%). The next largest recorded groups were White (6.55%) and Asian and Pacific Islander (2.46%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.
Where does this data come from?
First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.
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