Boys' name · since 1963
Emmanual
Since 1963, U.S. Social Security records show 484 babies named Emmanual, peaking in 2000. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #8,046 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,886 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 484
- born since 1963
- 2000s
- peak decade
484 babies have been named Emmanual since 1963, making it today's #10886 boys' name.
Emmanual has 484 recorded births among boys since 1963, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10886 as of the latest data, more common than 22% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 2025.
- #8,046 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,886 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 484 born since 1963
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emmanual ranks #8,046 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,886 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 484 born since 1963, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,046 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,886 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 484
- born since 1963
- 2000s
- peak decade
Emmanual's 484 recorded births place it above 82.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Emmanual compares
484 Top 45% higher than 55% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Emmanual's all-time total is 31% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Emmanual | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 484 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 34 | 22,252 |
Emmanual's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Emmanual splits its recorded history at 2000: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1963 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2000 peak of 22 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Emmanual popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–2025
- Peak year (2000)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Emmanual by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (164 births, 34% of the file).
2000s was Emmanual's strongest decade.
164 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Emmanual births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 17
1970s
17 births
- 1980s
1980s
95 births
- 1990s
1990s
114 births
- 2000s
2000s
164 births
- 2010s 59
2010s
59 births
- 2020s 30
2020s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 164 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Emmanual's decade-level peak was the 2000s (164 total births); usage has since declined to 30 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Emmanual: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~62 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1963–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Emmanual draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.