Emmanuel
Emmanuel was given to 2,035 boys in 2025, #179 among boys’ names; 91,451 Americans have been recorded with it since 1898 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 87,900 Americans named Emmanuel and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (96% of everyone recorded); the median is 19 years old and half are between 10 and 30.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Emmanuel by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Emmanuel mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Emmanuel is “a male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin.”
Variant of Immanuel.
/ɪˈmænjuəl/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Emmanuel?
#179 among boys’ names, 2025
Emmanuel fell from #151 in 2015 to #179 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 1.4 to 1.2 per 1,000.
2,868 babies in 2008, the peak
Emmanuel peaked in 2008, when 2,868 babies were given it (2,862 boys, #145 among boys’ names). The 2,035 births of 2025 are 71% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,035 | #179 | 1.2 |
| 2024 | 2,054 | #181 | 1.2 |
| 2023 | 2,107 | #173 | 1.2 |
| 2022 | 2,220 | #170 | 1.3 |
| 2021 | 1,985 | #191 | 1.1 |
| 2020 | 2,462 | #151 | 1.4 |
| 2019 | 2,423 | #164 | 1.4 |
| 2018 | 2,424 | #159 | 1.3 |
| 2017 | 2,520 | #155 | 1.4 |
| 2016 | 2,571 | #158 | 1.4 |
Every recorded year (120)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2,749 | #151 | 1.4 |
| 2014 | 2,568 | #165 | 1.3 |
| 2013 | 2,401 | #171 | 1.3 |
| 2012 | 2,351 | #165 | 1.2 |
| 2011 | 2,676 | #147 | 1.4 |
| 2010 | 2,554 | #153 | 1.3 |
| 2009 | 2,738 | #144 | 1.4 |
| 2008 | 2,862 | #145 | 1.4 |
| 2007 | 2,711 | #154 | 1.3 |
| 2006 | 2,487 | #166 | 1.2 |
| 2005 | 2,575 | #159 | 1.3 |
| 2004 | 2,347 | #174 | 1.2 |
| 2003 | 2,131 | #182 | 1.1 |
| 2002 | 2,032 | #184 | 1.0 |
| 2001 | 1,856 | #198 | 1.0 |
| 2000 | 1,800 | #196 | 0.92 |
| 1999 | 1,583 | #216 | 0.82 |
| 1998 | 1,504 | #213 | 0.79 |
| 1997 | 1,474 | #210 | 0.78 |
| 1996 | 1,473 | #211 | 0.78 |
| 1995 | 1,332 | #225 | 0.70 |
| 1994 | 1,286 | #228 | 0.67 |
| 1993 | 1,383 | #217 | 0.71 |
| 1992 | 1,359 | #224 | 0.68 |
| 1991 | 1,384 | #219 | 0.69 |
| 1990 | 1,398 | #218 | 0.68 |
| 1989 | 1,337 | #212 | 0.67 |
| 1988 | 1,280 | #207 | 0.67 |
| 1987 | 1,402 | #192 | 0.75 |
| 1986 | 1,186 | #205 | 0.64 |
| 1985 | 1,144 | #210 | 0.62 |
| 1984 | 1,065 | #215 | 0.59 |
| 1983 | 722 | #283 | 0.40 |
| 1982 | 617 | #317 | 0.34 |
| 1981 | 606 | #314 | 0.34 |
| 1980 | 412 | #398 | 0.23 |
| 1979 | 323 | #449 | 0.19 |
| 1978 | 314 | #451 | 0.19 |
| 1977 | 255 | #517 | 0.16 |
| 1976 | 205 | #568 | 0.13 |
| 1975 | 221 | #541 | 0.14 |
| 1974 | 185 | #585 | 0.12 |
| 1973 | 188 | #578 | 0.12 |
| 1972 | 168 | #609 | 0.10 |
| 1971 | 158 | #653 | 0.09 |
| 1970 | 140 | #703 | 0.08 |
| 1969 | 131 | #691 | 0.07 |
| 1968 | 119 | #693 | 0.07 |
| 1967 | 112 | #701 | 0.06 |
| 1966 | 110 | #706 | 0.06 |
| 1965 | 133 | #647 | 0.07 |
| 1964 | 122 | #700 | 0.06 |
| 1963 | 129 | #683 | 0.06 |
| 1962 | 129 | #683 | 0.06 |
| 1961 | 127 | #680 | 0.06 |
| 1960 | 107 | #745 | 0.05 |
| 1959 | 106 | #742 | 0.05 |
| 1958 | 83 | #824 | 0.04 |
| 1957 | 83 | #831 | 0.04 |
| 1956 | 88 | #794 | 0.04 |
| 1955 | 72 | #866 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 93 | #742 | 0.05 |
| 1953 | 68 | #867 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 68 | #846 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 70 | #839 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 56 | #922 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 62 | #872 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 49 | #1,007 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 46 | #1,069 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 37 | #1,147 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 31 | #1,187 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 35 | #1,124 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 33 | #1,192 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 40 | #1,076 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 32 | #1,174 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 28 | #1,280 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 31 | #1,174 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 45 | #943 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 29 | #1,241 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 28 | #1,253 | 0.03 |
| 1935 | 31 | #1,206 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 33 | #1,153 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 26 | #1,314 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 25 | #1,397 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 43 | #1,019 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 41 | #1,085 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 39 | #1,117 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 31 | #1,302 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 26 | #1,486 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 30 | #1,336 | 0.03 |
| 1925 | 45 | #1,026 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 32 | #1,299 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 49 | #999 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 38 | #1,165 | 0.03 |
| 1921 | 30 | #1,371 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 32 | #1,284 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 32 | #1,254 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 32 | #1,240 | 0.03 |
| 1917 | 33 | #1,184 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 29 | #1,246 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 33 | #1,129 | 0.04 |
| 1914 | 25 | #1,167 | 0.04 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,467 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,377 | 0.03 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,314 | 0.04 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,065 | 0.05 |
| 1908 | 9 | #969 | 0.06 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,175 | 0.04 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,375 | 0.03 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,182 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Emmanuel a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Emmanuel has been given almost only to boys: 372 girls in 120 years of records.
Girls and boys named Emmanuel: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Emmanuel, and how old are they?
87,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 96% of the 91,451 Americans ever recorded as Emmanuel. The median Emmanuel alive today is 19 years old; half are between 10 and 30.
The 2020 Census counted 87,988 people named Emmanuel (343 women and girls, 87,645 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 76,501 born in the U.S. The Census count is 15% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 115 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,100 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,850 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 18,200 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 35,300 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 30,300 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Emmanuel born?
The states with the most babies named Emmanuel are Texas, California and Florida, with 42% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 348 | #115 | 1.5× |
| California | 326 | #125 | 1.6× |
| Florida | 176 | #123 | 1.3× |
| New York | 119 | #160 | 1.4× |
| Georgia | 79 | #159 | 1.1× |
| North Carolina | 73 | #173 | 0.9× |
| Arizona | 71 | #122 | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 64 | #184 | 1.2× |
| New Jersey | 61 | #165 | 1.1× |
| Washington | 51 | #169 | 0.7× |
Where Emmanuel is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Emmanuel is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Emmanuel with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 147,568 babies since 1880, Emmanuel is the most given (62% of them). In 2025 it was given to 2,035 of their 2,554 babies (80%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Emmanuel
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Emmanuel and names like it
- Compare Emmanuel and EmanuelBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sEmmanuel peaked in 2008.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Emmanuel since 1910.
- The top names of 2008The year the most babies were named Emmanuel.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Emmanuel alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with EMost given first.