Menachem is a distinctive choice, ranked #2014 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Menachem in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#2014
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About the Name Menachem
Menachem is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 139 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #898 in 1996 โ and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Menachem is rare in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Menachem in their class.
โญ Famous People Named Menachem
Menachem Ziemba โ Rabbi Menachem Ziemba (Hebrew: ืื ืื ืืืื) was a distinguished pre-World War II Rabbi, known as a Talmudic genius and prodigy.
Menachem Genack โ Rabbi Menachem Genack is an Orthodox rabbi and the CEO of the Orthodox Union Kosher Division, a supervisory organization of kosher foods.
Menachem Mendel of Kotzk โ Menachem Mendel Morgensztern of Kotzk (Kock, Poland), better known as the Kotzker Rebbe and the Kotzker was a Hasidic rabbi and leader.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Menachem
Unlikely. With around 12 UK babies named Menachem per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Menachem in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Menachem is rising: up 214 places since 2020, to #2,014 in 2025. Its best recorded position was #898 in 1996.
Menachem is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Menachem include: Menachem Ziemba, Menachem Genack and Menachem Mendel Hager. Short summaries for each appear below.
Menachem does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice โ your child is unlikely to encounter American Menachems in the wild.
12
UK babies named Menachem (2025)
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Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
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Rank change (last 5 years)
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In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Menachem
Almost certainly the only Menachem in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
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✨ Similar names to Menachem
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Menachem Nochum Twersky, also known as the Me'or Einayim (Hebrew: ืืืืจ ืขืื ืืื), was a Ukrainian rabbi, and the founder of the Chernobyl Hasidic dynasty.
Menachem Ussishkin (Russian: ะะฒัะฐะฐะผ ะะตะฝะฐั ะตะผ ะะตะฝะดะป ะฃัััะบะธะฝ Avraham Menachem Mendel Ussishkin, Hebrew: ืื ืื ืืืกืืฉืงืื; August 14, 1863 โ October 2, 1941) was a Russian-born Zionist leader and head of the Jewish National Fund.
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Hager is one of the two Grand Rabbis of the Viznitz (Admor Mviznitz) Hasidic dynasty in Bnei Brak and a current member of Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (Council of great Torah Sages) of the Agudat Yisrael movement.