Emanuel Boy
How popular is Emanuel?
#574 boy name in 2025
513 baby boys were named Emanuel in the US in 2025, making it the 574th most popular boy name.
Emanuel popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #574 for boys (▼ 82 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 513 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-48% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #348 in 2015, #410 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2007 (1,386 boys) |
| Highest rank | #211 in 1880 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Emanuel 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 Emanuel is most popular
Babies named Emanuel per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Massachusetts: 0.8 per 1,000 (104 boys)
- Maryland: 0.6 per 1,000 (67 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.5 per 1,000 (144 boys)
- California: 0.5 per 1,000 (475 boys)
- South Carolina: 0.5 per 1,000 (52 boys)
Emanuel by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 419 | #211 |
| 1890s | 453 | #217 |
| 1900s | 564 | #236 |
| 1910s | 2,625 | #230 |
| 1920s | 3,210 | #288 |
| 1930s | 2,017 | #359 |
| 1940s | 1,931 | #427 |
| 1950s | 2,386 | #429 |
| 1960s | 2,153 | #509 |
| 1970s | 2,391 | #486 |
| 1980s | 4,869 | #335 |
| 1990s | 6,693 | #329 |
| 2000s | 11,541 | #256 |
| 2010s | 9,778 | #261 |
| 2020s | 3,726 | #410 |
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Questions
- Is Emanuel a boy or girl name?
- Emanuel is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Emanuel were boys.
- How popular is the name Emanuel?
- 513 baby boys were named Emanuel in the US in 2025, making it the 574th most popular boy name.
- When was Emanuel most popular?
- Emanuel peaked in 2007, when 1,386 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #211 in 1880.
- How many people are named Emanuel?
- 54,855 babies have been named Emanuel in the US since 1880. We estimate about 42,921 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 23.
- Where is Emanuel most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Emanuel was most common in Massachusetts, at 0.8 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.