Recorded 1913–2018 Boys' name Peak 2001 545 births

Emanual — boys' name

545 babies named Emanual in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s161920s181930s151940s51950s51960s111970s511980s1081990s1082000s1482010s60
2000s
Peak decade

27% of everyone ever named Emanual was born in this single decade.

2001
Single peak year

22 babies were named Emanual in 2001 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Emanual

The Social Security Administration has registered 545 babies named Emanual between 1913 and 2018, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Emanual currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Emanual performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 148 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Emanual shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Emanual in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Emanual in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 545 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Emanual at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

545

Since 1913

106 years of records

Peak year

2001

22 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1913

Recorded for 106 years

Last year on file: 2018

Emanual popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1913

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2001)
22
Annual births at peak — across 106 years of records
0510152025 201820092001199319851977194119171913 5

Emanual by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
148 births that decade — 27% of Emanual's all-time total
1910s161920s181930s151940s51950s51960s111970s511980s1081990s1082000s1482010s60

Emanual by state

Where Emanual concentrates geographically — total births since 1913

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Emanual
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 North Carolina
6 1.1%
North Carolina share of Emanual's total US births 1.1%

6 of 545 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Emanual?
545 babies have been named Emanual since 1913. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2001 with 22 births.
When was Emanual most popular?
Emanual was most popular in the 2000s decade with 148 total births. The single peak year was 2001.
Where is Emanual most popular?
The top states for the name Emanual are North Carolina (6 births).
How long has the name Emanual been used?
Emanual has been recorded in Social Security data since 1913, spanning 106 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Emanual?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Emanuel, Emari, Emad, Emarion, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1913–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.