Fun Facts About the Name Mansour
- 411 babies named Mansour: U.S. records list 411 babies given the name Mansour from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Mansour Mean?
Mansour is the Arabic name منصور (Manṣūr), the passive participle of the verb naṣara, meaning "to help" or "to grant victory." Its literal sense is "helped" or "one who has been given victory," and the customary understanding is "aided by God" or simply "victorious," since the giver of victory is understood to be God. The same root, n-ṣ-r, produces the noun naṣr ("victory, help"), the personal name Naṣr, and the active-participle name Nāṣir, familiar in the surname Nasser.
Mansour Name History & Origins
The name is built from an Arabic root and appears in the earliest Islamic period. Manṣūr ibn Sarjūn was a Christian financial administrator serving the Umayyad caliphs in Damascus in the seventh century, and his grandson was the theologian John of Damascus, whose Arabic name was Yūḥannā ibn Manṣūr. The same word served as a throne title: al-Manṣūr, "the divinely aided," was taken by rulers in several dynasties. The Abbasid caliph Abū Jaʿfar al-Manṣūr (r. 754 - 775) founded the round city of Baghdad and is remembered under that title, and the Almohad caliph Yaʿqūb al-Manṣūr (r. 1184 - 1199) is associated with the Koutoubia mosque in Marrakesh and the Hassan Tower in Rabat.
In al-Andalus the byname al-Manṣūr attached to Muhammad ibn Abi Amir (c. 938 - 1002), the chamberlain who effectively controlled the caliphate of Córdoba. Latin and Spanish chronicles wrote his name as Almanzor, the form by which he is known in Spanish history. A famous religious bearer is the Sufi mystic al-Ḥusayn ibn Manṣūr, known as al-Hallaj (c. 858 - 922), who was executed in Baghdad.
Because the name belongs to Arabic and to Islamic naming tradition, it is used by Muslims and also by Arabic-speaking Christians in Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Jordan, and Egypt, where it serves both as a given name and as a family name. It also passed into non-Arab Muslim languages: Turkish Mansur, Persian منصور (Manṣūr), and South Asian Mansoor. Transliteration varies by region - French-influenced spelling in the Maghreb and Lebanon commonly gives Mansour, while English and South Asian usage more often gives Mansoor or Mansur.
How Popular is the Name Mansour?
Mansour has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2019. Its best rank was #4,423 in 2019.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,414 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #8,077 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #6,390 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2022 | #6,040 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2021 | #11,627 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2020 | #7,323 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #4,423 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2018 | #7,951 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2017 | #8,579 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #6,225 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2015 | #5,201 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2014 | #6,910 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2013 | #6,122 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2012 | #4,970 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2011 | #4,929 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2010 | #5,167 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2009 | #7,084 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2008 | #12,024 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #5,817 | 15 | 0.0007% |
| 2006 | #9,264 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2005 | #8,804 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2004 | #10,846 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #7,617 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2002 | #9,041 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #10,068 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #8,777 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1999 | #7,600 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1997 | #5,931 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1996 | #9,961 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #6,225 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #7,467 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1993 | #6,054 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1992 | #8,072 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #6,663 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1988 | #6,202 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1985 | #4,995 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1984 | #6,051 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1982 | #4,451 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1981 | #5,972 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1978 | #6,412 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1971 | #5,371 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Mansour Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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