Meaning not yet researched.
Emmanuel: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 2,035 in 2025. Its best rank was #144 in 2009.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #144 in 2009; #179 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Emmanuel in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#179 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2009, at #144.
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Emmanuel: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 2,035 boys in 2025. Peak: #144 in 2009 · most boys in one year: 2,862 (2008).
In 2025, 2,035 US boys were named Emmanuel, making it the 179th most common boys’ name of the year, up 2 places from #181 in 2024. That is 19 fewer than the 2,054 boys named Emmanuel in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #144, reached in 2009. The most boys given the name in a single year was 2,862, in 2008. For comparison, it was #151 in 2015 and #923 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Emmanuel in 120 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1898 with 5 babies. In all, 91,451 US babies have been given the name, 0.4% of them girls and 99.5% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 25,300 babies named Emmanuel.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 22,801 US boys were named Emmanuel; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 2,571. In 2025 that was about 1 in 839 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Emmanuel ranked highest in Texas in 2025, at #115 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), Emanuel (54,855 babies since 1880), Immanuel (6,146 babies since 1880) and Manny (4,087 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Emanual, Emmanual and Imanuel 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.
Rare spellings summarised here: Emanual (545), Emmanual (484), Imanuel (342), Emmanuell (107), Emanuell (65), Emannuel (61), Manvel (27), Emmanouel (6), Emmanel (5), Emmaneul (5), Emmanul (5).
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.
Emmanuel is listed as a nickname for Immanuel.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 11 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 348 | #115 | #96 |
| Arizona | 71 | #122 | #123 |
| Florida | 176 | #123 | #118 |
| California | 326 | #125 | #101 |
| Massachusetts | 47 | #151 | #132 |
| Georgia | 79 | #159 | #126 |
| New York | 119 | #160 | #111 |
| Maryland | 37 | #160 | #104 |
| Nevada | 19 | #163 | #152 |
| Rhode Island | 7 | #164 | #110 |
| New Jersey | 61 | #165 | #126 |
| Washington | 51 | #169 | #182 |
| North Carolina | 73 | #173 | #198 |
| District of Columbia | 5 | #182 | #71 |
| Illinois | 64 | #184 | #117 |
| New Mexico | 11 | #185 | #169 |
| Wisconsin | 32 | #193 | #201 |
| Minnesota | 32 | #204 | #185 |
| Oklahoma | 23 | #213 | #177 |
| Connecticut | 16 | #215 | #165 |
| Nebraska | 12 | #217 | #252 |
| Indiana | 37 | #225 | #249 |
| Virginia | 36 | #239 | #278 |
| South Carolina | 23 | #245 | #191 |
| Oregon | 17 | #252 | #231 |
| Colorado | 26 | #254 | #155 |
| Tennessee | 34 | #262 | #237 |
| Iowa | 15 | #264 | #339 |
| Alabama | 20 | #276 | #288 |
| Ohio | 40 | #302 | #285 |
| Utah | 16 | #308 | #405 |
| Michigan | 31 | #308 | #238 |
| Pennsylvania | 36 | #313 | #257 |
| Arkansas | 11 | #314 | #207 |
| Kansas | 11 | #335 | #287 |
| Idaho | 7 | #345 | #400 |
| Mississippi | 9 | #345 | #254 |
| Kentucky | 13 | #383 | #412 |
| Louisiana | 12 | #407 | #259 |
| Missouri | 6 | #812 | #310 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 2,035 | #179 |
| 2024 | — | — | 2,054 | #181 |
| 2023 | — | — | 2,107 | #173 |
| 2022 | 5 | #16,038 | 2,220 | #170 |
| 2021 | 6 | #14,003 | 1,985 | #191 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,831 | 2,462 | #151 |
| 2019 | 5 | #16,274 | 2,423 | #164 |
| 2018 | — | — | 2,424 | #159 |
| 2017 | — | — | 2,520 | #155 |
| 2016 | 7 | #13,334 | 2,571 | #158 |
| 2015 | 6 | #15,071 | 2,749 | #151 |
| 2014 | 8 | #12,271 | 2,568 | #165 |
| 2013 | 5 | #17,361 | 2,401 | #171 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,793 | 2,351 | #165 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,520 | 2,676 | #147 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,987 | 2,554 | #153 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,811 | 2,738 | #144 |
| 2008 | 6 | #16,012 | 2,862 | #145 |
| 2007 | 10 | #11,081 | 2,711 | #154 |
| 2006 | — | — | 2,487 | #166 |
| 2005 | 5 | #17,289 | 2,575 | #159 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,445 | 2,347 | #174 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,831 | 2,131 | #182 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,446 | 2,032 | #184 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,365 | 1,856 | #198 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,193 | 1,800 | #196 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,998 | 1,583 | #216 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,938 | 1,504 | #213 |
| 1997 | — | — | 1,474 | #210 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,753 | 1,473 | #211 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,275 | 1,332 | #225 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,852 | 1,286 | #228 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,755 | 1,383 | #217 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,105 | 1,359 | #224 |
| 1991 | 10 | #8,155 | 1,384 | #219 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,837 | 1,398 | #218 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,113 | 1,337 | #212 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,789 | 1,280 | #207 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,917 | 1,402 | #192 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,593 | 1,186 | #205 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,693 | 1,144 | #210 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,298 | 1,065 | #215 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,360 | 722 | #283 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,683 | 617 | #317 |
| 1981 | — | — | 606 | #314 |
| 1980 | — | — | 412 | #398 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,658 | 323 | #449 |
| 1978 | 8 | #7,140 | 314 | #451 |
| 1977 | — | — | 255 | #517 |
| 1976 | — | — | 205 | #568 |
| 1975 | — | — | 221 | #541 |
| 1974 | — | — | 185 | #585 |
| 1973 | — | — | 188 | #578 |
| 1972 | — | — | 168 | #609 |
| 1971 | — | — | 158 | #653 |
| 1970 | — | — | 140 | #703 |
| 1969 | — | — | 131 | #691 |
| 1968 | — | — | 119 | #693 |
| 1967 | — | — | 112 | #701 |
| 1966 | — | — | 110 | #706 |
| 1965 | — | — | 133 | #647 |
| 1964 | — | — | 122 | #700 |
| 1963 | — | — | 129 | #683 |
| 1962 | — | — | 129 | #683 |
| 1961 | — | — | 127 | #681 |
| 1960 | — | — | 107 | #746 |
| 1959 | — | — | 106 | #743 |
| 1958 | — | — | 83 | #825 |
| 1957 | — | — | 83 | #832 |
| 1956 | — | — | 88 | #795 |
| 1955 | — | — | 72 | #867 |
| 1954 | — | — | 93 | #743 |
| 1953 | — | — | 68 | #868 |
| 1952 | — | — | 68 | #847 |
| 1951 | — | — | 70 | #840 |
| 1950 | — | — | 56 | #923 |
| 1949 | — | — | 62 | #873 |
| 1948 | — | — | 49 | #1,008 |
| 1947 | — | — | 46 | #1,070 |
| 1946 | — | — | 37 | #1,148 |
| 1945 | — | — | 31 | #1,188 |
| 1944 | — | — | 35 | #1,124 |
| 1943 | — | — | 33 | #1,192 |
| 1942 | — | — | 40 | #1,076 |
| 1941 | — | — | 32 | #1,174 |
| 1940 | — | — | 28 | #1,280 |
| 1939 | — | — | 31 | #1,174 |
| 1938 | — | — | 45 | #943 |
| 1937 | — | — | 29 | #1,241 |
| 1936 | — | — | 28 | #1,253 |
| 1935 | — | — | 31 | #1,206 |
| 1934 | — | — | 33 | #1,153 |
| 1933 | — | — | 26 | #1,314 |
| 1932 | — | — | 25 | #1,397 |
| 1931 | — | — | 43 | #1,019 |
| 1930 | — | — | 41 | #1,085 |
| 1929 | — | — | 39 | #1,117 |
| 1928 | — | — | 31 | #1,302 |
| 1927 | — | — | 26 | #1,486 |
| 1926 | — | — | 30 | #1,336 |
| 1925 | — | — | 45 | #1,026 |
| 1924 | — | — | 32 | #1,299 |
| 1923 | — | — | 49 | #999 |
| 1922 | — | — | 38 | #1,165 |
| 1921 | — | — | 30 | #1,371 |
| 1920 | — | — | 32 | #1,284 |
| 1919 | — | — | 32 | #1,254 |
| 1918 | — | — | 32 | #1,240 |
| 1917 | — | — | 33 | #1,184 |
| 1916 | — | — | 29 | #1,246 |
| 1915 | — | — | 33 | #1,129 |
| 1914 | — | — | 25 | #1,167 |
| 1913 | — | — | 14 | #1,468 |
| 1912 | — | — | 13 | #1,378 |
| 1911 | — | — | 8 | #1,315 |
| 1910 | — | — | 10 | #1,066 |
| 1908 | — | — | 9 | #969 |
| 1903 | — | — | 5 | #1,177 |
| 1900 | — | — | 5 | #1,377 |
| 1898 | — | — | 5 | #1,183 |
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).