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Menachem

Boy's name · #1088 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Menachem reached its best rank, #834, in 1994 and ranked #1088 in 2025. About 7,100 boys have carried it since 1948.

Across the states

In recent years, Menachem ran 8–9× its national rate in New York and New Jersey.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 6 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Menachem ranks in other countries and regions.

#1,628 in Austria (2025) · #1,797 in Switzerland (2025) · #2,014 in England & Wales (2025) · #5,446 in France (2025) · #1,909 in Canada (2024) · #1,367 in Belgium (2023) · #8,048 in Ecuador (2007).

Famous Menachems

• Menachem Begin — Prime Minister of Israel from 1977 to 1983 (1913–1992)
• Menachem Mendel Schneerson — Seventh Chabad Rebbe (1902–1994)
• Menachem Gueffen — Israeli painter and caricaturist (1930–2016)
• Menachem Ussishkin — Russian-born Zionist leader (1863–1941)
• Menachem Mendel of Kotzk — Polish rabbi (1787–1859)

What Menachems become

Among 127 notable people named Menachem:

Military figures appear 3.89× more often than among typical names — e.g. Menachem Finkelstein, Military Advocate General of Israel (born 1951).

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