# Emmanuel (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/emmanuel/  
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 | /ɪˈmænjuəl/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | Mannie, Manny |
| Variant spellings | Immanuel |
| US babies named this | 91,451 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 91,079 / 372 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 5,652, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Immanuel.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 | 17,289 |
| 2007 | 10 | 11,081 |
| 2008 | 6 | 16,012 |
| 2009 | 8 | 12,811 |
| 2010 | 11 | 9,987 |
| 2011 | 8 | 12,520 |
| 2012 | 13 | 8,793 |
| 2013 | 5 | 17,361 |
| 2014 | 8 | 12,271 |
| 2015 | 6 | 15,071 |
| 2016 | 7 | 13,334 |
| 2019 | 5 | 16,274 |
| 2020 | 5 | 15,831 |
| 2021 | 6 | 14,003 |
| 2022 | 5 | 16,038 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,676 | 147 |
| 2012 | 2,351 | 165 |
| 2013 | 2,401 | 171 |
| 2014 | 2,568 | 165 |
| 2015 | 2,749 | 151 |
| 2016 | 2,571 | 158 |
| 2017 | 2,520 | 155 |
| 2018 | 2,424 | 159 |
| 2019 | 2,423 | 164 |
| 2020 | 2,462 | 151 |
| 2021 | 1,985 | 191 |
| 2022 | 2,220 | 170 |
| 2023 | 2,107 | 173 |
| 2024 | 2,054 | 181 |
| 2025 | 2,035 | 179 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 255 | 206 |
| 2012 | 225 | 230 |
| 2013 | 230 | 227 |
| 2014 | 230 | 240 |
| 2015 | 234 | 239 |
| 2016 | 203 | 260 |
| 2017 | 191 | 272 |
| 2018 | 151 | 316 |
| 2019 | 148 | 320 |
| 2020 | 141 | 327 |
| 2021 | 125 | 362 |
| 2022 | 139 | 319 |
| 2023 | 173 | 266 |
| 2024 | 204 | 242 |
| 2025 | 161 | 279 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Մանուել, Մանվել, Էմմանուել
- Catalan: Manel
- Czech: Emanuel
- Danish: Emanuel
- Finnish: Immo, Manu
- French: Emmanuel
- Georgian: ემანუელი
- German: Immanuel, Emanuel
- Greek: Εμμανουήλ
- Hebrew: עִמָּנוּאֵל
- Hungarian: Emánuel, Immánuel
- Italian: Emanuele
- Lithuanian: Emanuelis
- Portuguese: Manuel
- Romanian: Emanuel, Emanoil
- Russian: Эммануи́л, Эммануэ́ль
- Spanish: Manuel
- Swedish: Emanuel

## People named Emmanuel

- Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, French priest and statesman (1748-1836)
- Emmanuel Petit, French footballer (born 1970)
- Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, French-Belgian writer
- Emmanuel Mounier, French philosopher (1905–1950)
- Emmanuel Chabrier, French Romantic composer and pianist
- Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy, French general and marshal (1766-1847)
- Emmanuel Carrère, French author and film director
- Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French politician (1766-1822)
- Emmanuel Rivière, French footballer (born 1990)
- Emmanuel Foulon, Belgian archer
- Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases, French politician, atlas-maker and author (1766-1842)
- Emmanuel Kundé, Cameroonian 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.