first name
EMANUEL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 38,945 people named Emanuel, 56.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 21.8% as Black and 18.1% as White. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Emanuel peaked in 2007, when 1,386 babies got the name.
At least 54,855 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Emanuel by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #562. The largest share of babies named Emanuel, 31.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Emanuel is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Emanuel has been most common in Florida (1.9×), Nevada (1.8×), and New York (1.7×), and least common in Iowa (0.14×).
49,372 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Emanuel
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Emanuel, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Emanuel ranks #5,437 of 156,621, with 6,195 people. See Emanuel as a last name
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