Meaning not yet researched.
Emanuel: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 513 in 2025. Its best rank was #211 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #211 in 1880; #574 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Emanuel in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#574 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #211.
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Emanuel: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 513 boys in 2025. Peak: #211 in 1880 · most boys in one year: 1,386 (2007).
In 2025, 513 US boys were named Emanuel, making it the 574th most common boys’ name of the year, down 81 places from #493 in 2024. That is 113 fewer than the 626 boys named Emanuel in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #211, reached in 1880. The most boys given the name in a single year was 1,386, in 2007. For comparison, it was #348 in 2015 and #446 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Emanuel in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 57 babies with the name. In all, 54,855 US babies have been given the name, 0.2% of them girls and 99.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 11,549 babies named Emanuel.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 6,848 US boys were named Emanuel; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 915. In 2025 that was about 1 in 3,330 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Emanuel ranked highest in Massachusetts in 2025, at #313 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Manuel (192,742 babies since 1880), Emmanuel (91,451 babies since 1880), Immanuel (6,146 babies since 1880) and Manolo (1,524 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Emanuelle are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Manny and Manuel.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in German, Polish and Portuguese. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Emanuelle (399).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 21 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 18 | #313 | #332 |
| California | 99 | #354 | #252 |
| Connecticut | 7 | #404 | #306 |
| New Jersey | 19 | #419 | #310 |
| Nevada | 6 | #464 | #314 |
| Pennsylvania | 22 | #466 | #383 |
| Arizona | 15 | #470 | #468 |
| South Carolina | 10 | #477 | #351 |
| Ohio | 22 | #478 | #569 |
| Florida | 38 | #479 | #243 |
| Kansas | 7 | #480 | #533 |
| Oregon | 7 | #490 | #259 |
| Missouri | 12 | #493 | #576 |
| New York | 31 | #517 | #275 |
| Iowa | 6 | #521 | #592 |
| Indiana | 12 | #556 | — |
| Georgia | 17 | #599 | #322 |
| Texas | 49 | #623 | #329 |
| North Carolina | 12 | #729 | #267 |
| Minnesota | 6 | #731 | #664 |
| Maryland | 6 | #736 | #259 |
| Kentucky | 5 | #740 | #470 |
| Virginia | 9 | #754 | #391 |
| Illinois | 11 | #768 | #312 |
| Louisiana | 5 | #813 | — |
| Wisconsin | 5 | #816 | #489 |
| Colorado | 5 | #887 | #530 |
| Washington | 6 | #930 | #311 |
| Michigan | 7 | #932 | #409 |
| Tennessee | 6 | #959 | #333 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 513 | #574 |
| 2024 | — | — | 626 | #493 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,939 | 623 | #484 |
| 2022 | — | — | 662 | #465 |
| 2021 | — | — | 579 | #510 |
| 2020 | — | — | 723 | #410 |
| 2019 | — | — | 741 | #421 |
| 2018 | — | — | 712 | #428 |
| 2017 | — | — | 754 | #413 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,879 | 915 | #364 |
| 2015 | 5 | #17,246 | 979 | #348 |
| 2014 | 6 | #15,143 | 1,026 | #331 |
| 2013 | — | — | 1,032 | #322 |
| 2012 | — | — | 1,097 | #306 |
| 2011 | — | — | 1,326 | #261 |
| 2010 | — | — | 1,196 | #281 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,800 | 1,291 | #266 |
| 2008 | — | — | 1,350 | #259 |
| 2007 | — | — | 1,386 | #256 |
| 2006 | — | — | 1,313 | #261 |
| 2005 | — | — | 1,232 | #269 |
| 2004 | — | — | 1,150 | #277 |
| 2003 | — | — | 1,053 | #293 |
| 2002 | — | — | 1,022 | #292 |
| 2001 | — | — | 881 | #320 |
| 2000 | — | — | 863 | #329 |
| 1999 | — | — | 832 | #329 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,409 | 726 | #359 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,580 | 659 | #369 |
| 1996 | — | — | 701 | #350 |
| 1995 | — | — | 634 | #374 |
| 1994 | — | — | 624 | #375 |
| 1993 | 6 | #12,250 | 645 | #366 |
| 1992 | — | — | 652 | #362 |
| 1991 | — | — | 591 | #383 |
| 1990 | 5 | #13,622 | 629 | #370 |
| 1989 | 7 | #10,013 | 590 | #381 |
| 1988 | — | — | 552 | #364 |
| 1987 | 8 | #8,218 | 555 | #350 |
| 1986 | — | — | 530 | #357 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,663 | 532 | #349 |
| 1984 | — | — | 554 | #335 |
| 1983 | — | — | 414 | #399 |
| 1982 | — | — | 366 | #440 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,435 | 433 | #389 |
| 1980 | — | — | 343 | #451 |
| 1979 | — | — | 287 | #490 |
| 1978 | — | — | 278 | #487 |
| 1977 | — | — | 255 | #516 |
| 1976 | — | — | 236 | #524 |
| 1975 | — | — | 246 | #510 |
| 1974 | — | — | 208 | #555 |
| 1973 | — | — | 206 | #548 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,645 | 218 | #540 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,655 | 222 | #538 |
| 1970 | — | — | 235 | #528 |
| 1969 | — | — | 203 | #553 |
| 1968 | — | — | 220 | #509 |
| 1967 | — | — | 204 | #522 |
| 1966 | — | — | 214 | #520 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,812 | 208 | #535 |
| 1964 | — | — | 208 | #546 |
| 1963 | — | — | 233 | #522 |
| 1962 | — | — | 236 | #514 |
| 1961 | — | — | 222 | #533 |
| 1960 | — | — | 205 | #549 |
| 1959 | — | — | 256 | #489 |
| 1958 | — | — | 253 | #491 |
| 1957 | — | — | 266 | #478 |
| 1956 | — | — | 249 | #480 |
| 1955 | — | — | 249 | #468 |
| 1954 | — | — | 218 | #491 |
| 1953 | — | — | 214 | #478 |
| 1952 | — | — | 212 | #481 |
| 1951 | — | — | 247 | #430 |
| 1950 | — | — | 222 | #446 |
| 1949 | — | — | 231 | #441 |
| 1948 | — | — | 225 | #443 |
| 1947 | — | — | 196 | #477 |
| 1946 | — | — | 179 | #479 |
| 1945 | — | — | 188 | #434 |
| 1944 | — | — | 174 | #461 |
| 1943 | — | — | 192 | #454 |
| 1942 | — | — | 185 | #453 |
| 1941 | — | — | 175 | #444 |
| 1940 | — | — | 186 | #428 |
| 1939 | — | — | 192 | #412 |
| 1938 | — | — | 177 | #430 |
| 1937 | — | — | 197 | #395 |
| 1936 | — | — | 201 | #386 |
| 1935 | — | — | 213 | #369 |
| 1934 | — | — | 177 | #420 |
| 1933 | — | — | 184 | #398 |
| 1932 | — | — | 223 | #375 |
| 1931 | — | — | 198 | #401 |
| 1930 | — | — | 255 | #360 |
| 1929 | — | — | 251 | #355 |
| 1928 | — | — | 285 | #334 |
| 1927 | — | — | 307 | #325 |
| 1926 | — | — | 302 | #333 |
| 1925 | — | — | 313 | #322 |
| 1924 | — | — | 345 | #307 |
| 1923 | — | — | 329 | #319 |
| 1922 | — | — | 343 | #310 |
| 1921 | — | — | 354 | #304 |
| 1920 | — | — | 381 | #288 |
| 1919 | — | — | 322 | #307 |
| 1918 | — | — | 384 | #272 |
| 1917 | — | — | 362 | #266 |
| 1916 | — | — | 306 | #295 |
| 1915 | — | — | 345 | #261 |
| 1914 | — | — | 252 | #276 |
| 1913 | — | — | 224 | #254 |
| 1912 | — | — | 207 | #244 |
| 1911 | — | — | 124 | #230 |
| 1910 | — | — | 99 | #236 |
| 1909 | — | — | 69 | #266 |
| 1908 | — | — | 64 | #267 |
| 1907 | — | — | 56 | #281 |
| 1906 | — | — | 62 | #251 |
| 1905 | — | — | 69 | #237 |
| 1904 | — | — | 62 | #239 |
| 1903 | — | — | 51 | #256 |
| 1902 | — | — | 49 | #269 |
| 1901 | — | — | 37 | #286 |
| 1900 | — | — | 45 | #317 |
| 1899 | — | — | 42 | #261 |
| 1898 | — | — | 48 | #257 |
| 1897 | — | — | 37 | #302 |
| 1896 | — | — | 52 | #253 |
| 1895 | — | — | 64 | #217 |
| 1894 | — | — | 49 | #248 |
| 1893 | — | — | 39 | #281 |
| 1892 | — | — | 61 | #225 |
| 1891 | — | — | 29 | #313 |
| 1890 | — | — | 32 | #305 |
| 1889 | — | — | 41 | #261 |
| 1888 | — | — | 30 | #334 |
| 1887 | — | — | 42 | #246 |
| 1886 | — | — | 46 | #253 |
| 1885 | — | — | 32 | #301 |
| 1884 | — | — | 44 | #257 |
| 1883 | — | — | 34 | #282 |
| 1882 | — | — | 45 | #257 |
| 1881 | — | — | 48 | #220 |
| 1880 | — | — | 57 | #211 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).