Boys' name · since 1984
Imanuel
Imanuel has 342 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,881 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 342
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
Imanuel is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 342 have been recorded since 1984.
Imanuel has 342 recorded births among boys since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 1984 to 2024.
- #9,881 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 342 born since 1984
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Imanuel ranks #9,881 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 342 born since 1984, peaking in the 2000s.
- #9,881 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 342
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
Imanuel's 342 recorded births place it above 78.26% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Imanuel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Imanuel's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1984, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2004 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Imanuel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2024
- Peak year (2004)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Imanuel by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (135 births, 39% of the file).
2000s was Imanuel's strongest decade.
135 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Imanuel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 47
1990s
47 births
- 2000s
2000s
135 births
- 2010s
2010s
106 births
- 2020s 49
2020s
49 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 135 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Imanuel's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (135 total births) through the 2020s (49) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1984–2024 (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 Imanuel 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.