How rare is the name Emmanuel?

87,988 people in the United States have the first name Emmanuel, about 1 in 3,433. It ranks #602 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

EMMANUEL

#602

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
87,988
About
1 in 3,433
This common or more
61.8%
Who bears it

Of the 87,988 people named Emmanuel, 52.1% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 33.4% as Black and 6.9% as White. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Emmanuel peaked in 2008, when 2,868 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18982025
Peak year
2008
Births that year
2,868
In 2025*
2,035 ▼29%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 91,451 babies have been given the name since 1898. 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.

Emmanuel by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #296. The largest share of babies named Emmanuel, 39.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1890s#3,9395
1900s#3,65119
1910s#2,449229
1920s#2,413352
1930s#2,318332
1940s#2,337393
1950s#1,903787
1960s#1,6231,219
1970s#1,2492,170
1980s#5019,879
1990s#42614,268
2000s#31823,619
2010s#29625,300
2020s#32012,879
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.6%
Silent Generation 1928–450.7%
Baby boom 1946–641.7%
Generation X 1965–803.5%
Millennials 1981–9620.9%
Generation Z 1997–1239.2%
2013 and later33.4%

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 Emmanuel is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Emmanuel has been most common in Nevada (2.4×), California (2.1×), and Arizona (2×), and least common in Alaska (0.24×).

87,665 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 Emmanuel

#600 Natalia · 88,111#601 Elias · 88,033#603 Priscilla · 87,905#604 Darren · 87,892

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Emmanuel, most common first.

#1,066 Emanuel · 38,945#7,794 Emmanuelle · 1,915#7,934 Emmanuella · 1,860#10,557 Emanuela · 1,254#12,255 Emanual · 1,020#12,505 Emmanuela · 994#13,184 Emmanual · 922#13,975 Emanuele · 852

Also a last name

As a last name, Emmanuel ranks #8,511 of 156,621, with 3,716 people. See Emmanuel as a last name

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