How rare is the name Immanuel?

4,225 people in the United States have the first name Immanuel, about 1 in 71,487. It ranks #4,431 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

IMMANUEL

#4,431

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,225
About
1 in 71,487
This common or more
84%
Who bears it

Of the 4,225 people named Immanuel, 46.9% reported their origin as Black, 24.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 10.7% as White. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Immanuel peaked in 2015, when 239 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19172025
Peak year
2015
Births that year
239
In 2025*
168 ▼30%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 6,146 babies have been given the name since 1917. 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.

Immanuel by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #2,180. The largest share of babies named Immanuel, 43.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#10,10610
1920s#12,17210
1960s#13,71613
1970s#7,227125
1980s#4,294355
1990s#3,063815
2000s#2,2171,781
2010s#2,1802,028
2020s#2,5081,009
Greatest Generation 1901–270.3%
Generation X 1965–802.7%
Millennials 1981–9612.7%
Generation Z 1997–1243.9%
2013 and later40.4%

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 Immanuel is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Immanuel has been most common in Florida (3×), Georgia (2.7×), and Maryland (2.5×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.33×).

3,953 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.

Exactly as common as Immanuel

1 other first name also has 4,225 people.

#4,431 Sheyla · 4,225

Either side of Immanuel

#4,428 Yaakov · 4,229#4,430 Shmuel · 4,228#4,431 Sheyla · 4,225#4,433 Odalis · 4,224

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Immanuel, most common first.

#25,331 Imanuel · 375

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