Emmanuel Boy
How popular is Emmanuel?
#179 boy name in 2025
2,035 baby boys were named Emmanuel in the US in 2025, making it the 179th most popular boy name.
Emmanuel popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #179 for boys (▲ 2 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 2,035 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-26% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #151 in 2015, #151 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (2,862 boys) |
| Highest rank | #144 in 2009 |
| First recorded | 1898 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Emmanuel counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Emmanuel family of names ranked #154 for boys in 2025 (#141 the year before), with 2,554 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Emmanuel | 2,035 | 80% |
| Emanuel | 513 | 20% |
| Emmanual | 6 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Emmanuel is most popular
Babies named Emmanuel per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Mexico: 2.0 per 1,000 (67 boys)
- Texas: 2.0 per 1,000 (1,775 boys)
- Nevada: 2.0 per 1,000 (114 boys)
- District of Columbia: 2.0 per 1,000 (29 boys)
- Florida: 1.9 per 1,000 (908 boys)
Emmanuel by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,120 |
| 1900s | 19 | #946 |
| 1910s | 229 | #1,044 |
| 1920s | 352 | #992 |
| 1930s | 332 | #939 |
| 1940s | 393 | #871 |
| 1950s | 787 | #741 |
| 1960s | 1,219 | #646 |
| 1970s | 2,157 | #449 |
| 1980s | 9,771 | #192 |
| 1990s | 14,176 | #210 |
| 2000s | 23,539 | #144 |
| 2010s | 25,237 | #147 |
| 2020s | 12,863 | #151 |
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Questions
- Is Emmanuel a boy or girl name?
- Emmanuel is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Emmanuel were boys.
- How popular is the name Emmanuel?
- 2,035 baby boys were named Emmanuel in the US in 2025, making it the 179th most popular boy name.
- When was Emmanuel most popular?
- Emmanuel peaked in 2008, when 2,862 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #144 in 2009.
- How many people are named Emmanuel?
- 91,451 babies have been named Emmanuel in the US since 1880. We estimate about 88,248 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 19.
- Where is Emmanuel most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Emmanuel was most common in New Mexico, at 2.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.