# Emanuel (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/emanuel/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 54,855 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 54,756 / 99 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 940, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Emmanuel, borrowed from Spanish and from various other European languages.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 6 | 7,655 |
| 1972 | 5 | 8,645 |
| 1981 | 6 | 9,435 |
| 1985 | 6 | 9,663 |
| 1987 | 8 | 8,218 |
| 1989 | 7 | 10,013 |
| 1990 | 5 | 13,622 |
| 1993 | 6 | 12,250 |
| 1997 | 6 | 12,580 |
| 1998 | 8 | 10,409 |
| 2009 | 8 | 12,800 |
| 2014 | 6 | 15,143 |
| 2015 | 5 | 17,246 |
| 2016 | 6 | 14,879 |
| 2023 | 6 | 13,939 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,326 | 261 |
| 2012 | 1,097 | 306 |
| 2013 | 1,032 | 322 |
| 2014 | 1,026 | 331 |
| 2015 | 979 | 348 |
| 2016 | 915 | 364 |
| 2017 | 754 | 413 |
| 2018 | 712 | 428 |
| 2019 | 741 | 421 |
| 2020 | 723 | 410 |
| 2021 | 579 | 510 |
| 2022 | 662 | 465 |
| 2023 | 623 | 484 |
| 2024 | 626 | 493 |
| 2025 | 513 | 574 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | 1,045 |
| 2012 | 34 | 885 |
| 2013 | 22 | 1,147 |
| 2014 | 38 | 805 |
| 2015 | 53 | 646 |
| 2016 | 55 | 641 |
| 2017 | 50 | 701 |
| 2018 | 48 | 711 |
| 2019 | 47 | 707 |
| 2020 | 62 | 579 |
| 2021 | 37 | 841 |
| 2022 | 51 | 670 |
| 2023 | 53 | 665 |
| 2024 | 47 | 737 |
| 2025 | 41 | 798 |

## People named Emanuel

- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German composer (1714–1788)
- Emanuel Pogatetz, Austrian association football player (born 1983)
- Emanuel Leutze, American artist (1816-1868)
- Emanuel de Witte, Dutch painter (1617-1692)
- Emanuel Mammana, Argentine footballer
- Emanuel Pastreich, Asian literary scholar
- Emanuel Ungaro, French fashion designer (1933-2019)
- Emanuel Ax, American pianist
- Emanuel Feuermann, Austrian musician (1902-1942)
- Emanuel Buchmann, German cyclist
- Emanuel Herrera, Argentine footbal player
- Emanuel Emegha, Dutch footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.